Former PSG midfielder Thiago Motta declined the opportunity to coach a big continental team last summer.
Thiago Motta is currently starting his second season at the helm of Bologna. It is a mid-table team in the Italian championship and whose resources are limited.
Thiago Motta didn’t want to take any risks
The former PSG player could have aimed higher during the previous transfer window by signing up with a team of a completely different standard. Indeed, Naples, the reigning Italian champion club, sought to sign him.
Aurelio De Laurentiis, the boss of the Partenopei, confirmed this information and also gave the reason why the ex-Azzurro international refused to settle in the south of Italy.
“I spoke to several coaches (before recruiting Rudi Garcia, editor’s note). I also called Thiago Motta, but he didn’t want to take the risk of taking the place of a coach (Luciano Spalletti) who had done what he had done.indicated the strong man from Naples.
Thiago Motta is not the only coach to have said no to the Neapolitans. This is also the case for the current PSG coach, Luis Enrique. “Luckily he refused”confided De Laurentiis about him.
