Naples, De Laurentiis tries to convince Luis Enrique

Maurizio Nicita and Filippo Ricci

30 May
– Milan

Aurelio De Laurentiis knows that, from a footballing point of view, this is one of the most complex and difficult matches for him to face. But anyone who knows the president, especially the entrepreneur, knows that the more complicated a challenge is, the more he is encouraged to support it in order to win it, to demonstrate his great strength as a sportsman. And so if the signals coming from Luis Enrique’s headquarters – if we want to define it that way – do not authorize optimism, the number one of Naples is studying the moves well knowing that it is not easy to convince the former Spanish coach. And it’s not so much a matter of economics, but of the right strings. Of course, from the point of view of spending, the blue club will have to raise its budget to sign such a character, but De Laurentiis has understood that there are other important arguments on which to try to leverage the Asturian coach.

The suggestion Brazil

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Every person is different, but in some ways Lucio Spalletti and Lucho Enrique look alike: in the sense that they don’t consider money the fundamental thing, but aim to live particular experiences. The film producer was able to convince Spalletti two years ago and now he’s trying again with Spanish, trusting in sharing a great challenge. And if it is true that an experience in the Premier League stimulates the Iberian a lot, just as the rumors of contacts for the Brazil bench are advancing, it is equally true that a hombre vertical like him could decide to remain still, if he were not convinced of the offers received. This is to understand how complicated the road that De Laurentiis wanted to take is. To give continuity to his Naples project, increasingly ambitious also at European level.

Italian way

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For this reason, without being rushed, the Napoli president keeps other avenues open. Which at this point are mostly Italian. In the sense that to have technical-tactical continuity the choice will fall on coaches who aim at the 4-3-3 base. And in the list there are certainly Vincenzo Italiano and Thiago Motta, today respectively in Florence and Bologna. For the Sicilian born in Germany, De Laurentiis moves with discretion. In the sense that relations with Commisso and Fiorentina are excellent, so the Napoli president awaits next week’s Conference League final and then possibly address the issue of a coach who has been in the film producer’s sights for years. To be exact since he came to win with his Spezia at Maradona in January 2021 and De Laurentiis went down to the locker room to congratulate the opposing coach. On the Italian-Brazilian match played on Sunday, today’s meeting with the president of Bologna Joey Saputo can help us understand if there is any background to the story. In the sense that Motta asked the rossoblù club for clarity on the programmes. It will be necessary to understand if he will find the harmony to continue the work started in Emilia this season, or maybe he will try to free himself.