No one needs a degree in behavioral analysis to understand what’s happening in Naples right now. Disappointed with the performance of his team, president Aurelio De Laurentiis did everything to dismiss his coach, Rudi Garcia. He publicly took it down, before jumping on his phone to convince Antonio Conte to replace the Frenchman at short notice. Except that the former Chelsea coach rejected ADL’s offer.
A turnaround in the situation which today forces the boss of the Partenopei to play a strange game. Yesterday, he left his Roman quarters to go to Castel Volturno, where his players train. De Laurentiis spent seven hours there, the time to bring together several managers: the managing director Andrea Chiavelli, the vice-president Edoardo De Laurentiis, the sports director Mauro Meluso, the recruitment manager Maurizio Micheli, the coach Rudi Garcia and the club director Antonio Sinicropi.
Garcia in an untenable situation
ADL also spoke with the dozen players who were not affected by the international break. The boss’s objective was to carry out a scan of the situation and to reassure Rudi Garcia. According to The Corriere dello Sportthe Frenchman received no ultimatum, but no one is fooled. “Coaches have a limited lifespan, not necessarily contractual, his is now recorded in the next tour de force (six matches in twenty-three days). Everything else, of course, is hypocrisy.”writes the newspaper.
In today’s edition, the Gazzetta dello Sport also questions the future smooth functioning of Napoli. “What credibility can a coach have – apart from his own mistakes, sometimes obvious – who is condemned on Tuesday and reinstated on Wednesday for lack of alternatives? And above all, what credibility can he have with the players, knowing that on Wednesday the president intervened with them to play mediator? »can we read on the pink paper.
Tudor and Gallardo always on the lookout
Returning to Rome, De Laurentiis left a group in a complex situation and must still wait for the return of his internationals to see how the team will react to keeping Garcia more fragile than ever. And that’s not all. Many have also questioned the presence at the club’s training center of Mario Rui’s agent, Mario Giuffredi. The latter violently attacked Garcia in the media because he criticized him for not knowing how to make his client play.
Unofficially, Giuffredi came to explain with the Frenchman. Except that the transalpine press recalls that Napoli had not come out of silence to defend their coach when this attack was launched. You will have understood, Napoli must swallow its hat with Rudi Garcia and force itself to be positive in front of the cameras. A little game that won’t last long since The Corriere dello Sport reminds that De Laurentiis always has an eye on Igor Tudor and Marcelo Gallardo, both free, in case…
