Difficult day from a market point of view for Napoli. The club and Antonio Conte had to swallow the bitter pill of the blocking of the negotiations of Cajuste to the English team of Brendford and therefore the signature of Brescianini who had already undergone medical examinations at Villa Stuart.
The Salento coach is one of those football personalities who never speaks casually. Today Conte is furious.
The statements of the Napoli coach after the hard-fought victory against Modena in the Coppa Italia have been the center of many interpretations. A few days before the start of Serie A, the Salento coach is nervous because he sees his team incomplete with some open cases, first of all that of Victor Osimhen, and a situation that appears less rosy than he expected.
Conte, who returns to the Italian championship after three years, wants to bring the Scudetto back to Naples but, to do so, he needs trusted men, like Romelu Lukaku. Big Rom has promised himself to the Azzurri but until Osimhen leaves, the agreement risks not materializing.
It feels like reliving the 2014 season with Juventus
But do the difficulties in the market risk damaging Conte's relationship with Napoli?
In theory, no, but the precedent of the summer of 2014 when the former Juventus captain tore up the contract in place with the Bianconeri, brought back to the top of Italy after very difficult years, leaves no one at ease. According to Sisal experts, a sensational farewell, dismissal or resignation of Antonio Conte from the Neapolitan bench by September 1st is a 33-way battle.
A rate that drops drastically for a possible separation before Christmas, hypothesis given at 9,00. But in this case Tale he is in “good company” as Thiago Motta, Fonseca and De Rossi are tied at the same price to say goodbye to the benches of Juventus, Milan and Roma respectively.
Article published on 13 August 2024 - 21:47