Aurelio De Laurentiis admits he is having ‘a bad time’ with coach Rudi Garcia and spoke to Thiago Motta and Luis Enrique in the summer, but ‘luckily’ the Spaniard didn’t sign for the Partenopei.
Garcia is under pressure following a bad start to the season at the helm of Serie A title holders Napoli.
The Partenopei lost to Fiorentina before the break and are seven points below table leaders Milan. Moreover, some key players, including Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Victor Osimhen, don’t seem to be on good terms with the French tactician.
“I am having a bad time with him. I am an entrepreneur and I must be interested in what happens inside the company. The coach and the sports director are at your service,” De Laurentiis said on Tuesday at the University of Rome, speaking for the first time about the future of the French tactician, as quoted by Repubblica.
“I will make appropriate decisions at the right time. The environment can’t influence me, one must always take time to think. Every hasty decision is a wrong decision. In life, it’s not possible to have everything here and now. It is necessary to keep our heads down and work hard.
“When you hire a coach who no longer knows Italian football, it’s normal to struggle, the same would have happened to everyone,” he continued.
“It’s useless to blame newcomers, football is not like a building under construction, which won’t collapse if you are sure it was built well. In football, there are incidents, injuries, and suspensions. There is no mathematical solution to win the title and I believe we’ll be in the race until the end of this season.
“Aside from choosing him, my only responsibility is that I could not remain close to him every day at Castel Volturno.”
ADL had spoken to several potential replacements for Luciano Spalletti over the summer after the Certaldo-born coach handed in his resignation.
“I interviewed Thiago Motta, but he didn’t want to take the risk of replacing a coach who had achieved so much,” said De Laurentiis.
“I called Luis Enrique too and luckily he went to France. Look at the results he’s having. He didn’t convince me during a round of talks that lasted three days. I called many coaches.”
During his speech at the Univerity of Rome on Tuesday, ADL confirmed that he is unwilling to play the Supercoppa in Saudi Arabia in January 2024, especially following the Israel conflict. The Napoli owner said it would be ‘stupid’ to make 120 players fly over that territory and added that Arab countries must work for the respect of women and work.
This guy has held Napoli back for so long. Look at how he ruined last year’s momentum. Why would any want to coach for him.
What a clown.
@Nelli He held them back to the point that they won the scudetto in April, how poor is that?