Announced as the big favorite to succeed Rudi Garcia on the Napoli bench, Igor Tudor was finally overtaken by Walter Mazzarri. A hard blow for the Croatian technician who saw himself taking charge of a team of choice after his departure from Olympique de Marseille. Defeated at the finish, Tudor did not join the Partenopei for two major reasons. The Croatian would not have pleased President De Laurentiis during his job interview and he would have shown a certain reluctance at the idea of putting back in place the 4-3-3 so dear to ADL.
A follower of a three-defender scheme, Tudor is a coach with strong opinions and does not really have the label of a coach capable of bending over backwards to satisfy the slightest desires of a president. This Thursday, the technician’s agent, Anthony Seric, came out of silence in the columns of the Gazzetta dello Sport to return to this matter. Firstly, he confirmed that the tactical aspect had posed a problem. “The club wants a coach who aligns with the 4-3-3 and discussions have focused on how to develop it. However, if your name is Tudor, you know the type of dynamic play he offers with full-fledged wingers”.
Tudor not holding grudges
Then, Seric also confirmed that the duration proposed by ADL (a 7-month contract) did not suit his client. “Tudor wants a context where he can complete a cycle, where there is a project in which he can get involved in the longer term. He would never have agreed to seven months”. Finally, Seric still wanted to make it known that Tudor did not have a bad performance against Napoli and that it was simply a difference of vision.
“If a club of this caliber calls him, that’s wonderful, but it depends on what is needed and in what way. I think the best (coaches) would listen with interest to a proposal from De Laurentiis. Igor is phenomenal, he is certainly among the best in Italy. But no disappointment. They were simply two ideas too different to be compatible. » No hard feelings.
