Conte on Napoli's transfer window: "We're the only ones with a €240 million profit, and they've blocked us..."

The victory against Fiorentina isn't enough to ease the tension at Napoli. Antonio Conte appears before the microphones with a drawn face and words that weigh like boulders, a mixture of bitter irony and suppressed anger. The focus isn't on the team's performance, but on the transfer market situation and the delicate moment the group is experiencing.

"I see that other teams are making significant preparations for the transfer market. They've actually blocked ours: I think that's fantastic." The coach uses a clear sarcasm, leaving little room for interpretation. Then he doubles down, bringing up the club's finances: "We're the only club with €240 million in cash and a profit, and they're preventing us from making any transfers. They really are number one."

Words that sound like a public denunciation, uttered at a time when the team is dealing with a short squad and an injury crisis. Conte pauses on this point, almost as if wanting to close the discussion before going any further: "Today I'm too pissed off about Di Lorenzo, and it's best if I keep quiet."

The reference is to the Italy captain's injury, which shook the locker room and made a victory that, under other circumstances, would have tasted entirely different even more bitter. Behind the coach's outburst lies the sense of a battle on multiple fronts: on the one hand, the pitch, on the other, corporate decisions and constraints that, he says, risk weighing on the season's progress.