Former Azzurri CT Cesare Prandelli urges Napoli to ‘give Maurizio Sarri time’ to get his ideas across.

The 58-year-old believes that continued negativity could begin to affect the new Vesuviani Coach and that he wasn’t employed for a team ‘in a hurry’.

“Napoli have changed, and not just a little bit,” Prandelli said to Il Mattino.

“Changes aren’t always painless, you often pay the price for having to adapt to new working methods, new systems and new ideas.

Former Azzurri CT Cesare Prandelli urges Napoli to ‘give Maurizio Sarri time’ to get his ideas across.

The 58-year-old believes that continued negativity could begin to affect the new Vesuviani Coach and that he wasn’t employed for a team ‘in a hurry’.

“Napoli have changed, and not just a little bit,” Prandelli said to Il Mattino.

“Changes aren’t always painless, you often pay the price for having to adapt to new working methods, new systems and new ideas.

“The fact that Sarri’s already on trial risks having a boomerang effect on the environment, because Coaches aren’t impervious to criticism and the more they’re grilled, the more they absorb the negativity they are surrounded by.

“Understanding between people with good willpower should never be a problem.

“To make them follow you is different, you need charisma and footballers can sense right away if you have it or not. Sarri is someone who has it.

“Sarri needs time, like all of us when we first arrive at a new job. Simple. He’s absolutely right when he says that if you choose somebody like him, then you mustn’t be in a hurry.

“Of course it happened to me too, at Verona and Venezia, my first experiences. After a month everyone wanted my head. But I had smart directors who left me in peace and in the end we were celebrating promotion to Serie A.

“It doesn’t matter that Napoli aren’t like Venezia, the concept applies on all levels. I feel that De Laurentiis is playing his part in the best way at the moment. Napoli will come good and will be one of the top teams this season.

“Only the Coach, who sees the players day after day, can know which is formation is right.”

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