Fixed moaner Conte might by no means final lengthy in ADL’s Napoli
Antonio Conte and Aurelio De Laurentiis had been all the time going to finish up butting heads at Napoli and it’s simply outstanding it has taken this lengthy, writes Susy Campanale.
The second Conte was appointed as the brand new coach on the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, it was inevitable this union would go up in flames. There could be success alongside the way in which, together with a Serie A title, but it surely was all the time going to finish in a fiery confrontation. In any case, De Laurentiis is the patron who loves to take in all of the credit score and cross the buck on any blame, whereas Conte has a assured sample of hitting out angrily and publicly at his golf equipment. It was all so painfully predictable.
Aurelio De Laurentiis unveiling new Napoli supervisor Antonio Conte
Scott McTominay stated after the scraped 1-0 victory over all-time low Monza that the coach “could be very demanding,” and that may be each a praise and a criticism. What number of occasions should we undergo the identical litany of complaints in each job he has?
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Conte left Juventus after three consecutive Serie A trophies simply days into pre-season coaching, insisting he couldn’t proceed rising their success with the assets at his disposal. “You can’t sit down at a restaurant with €100 menus and solely have €10 every. There are European sides we can not match on an financial stage, I doubt we’ll see an Italian workforce within the Champions League Last for a few years.” He watched Max Allegri add one other two Scudetti, plus attain the Champions League Last, one thing that his predecessor has by no means been capable of obtain.
Antonio Conte (L) celebrates with Christian Eriksen
Conte continued the development with Inter, strolling out after the Scudetto celebrations and sustaining he couldn’t presumably high this with their monetary technique. Simone Inzaghi not solely received the Serie A title and a bunch of different trophies, however has given them sustained Champions League presence with by far the bottom finances of any membership within the quarter-finals.
Tottenham Hotspur actually couldn’t be accused of being tight-fisted on the switch market – incompetent sure, however holding again no. But Conte managed the by storming out mid-season, declaring loudly that “Tottenham’s story is that this – 20 years there may be this proprietor and so they by no means received one thing. Why?”
Conte’s Napoli rant was all too predictable
EMPOLI, ITALY – OCTOBER 20: Antonio Conte supervisor of SSC Napoli celebrates the victory after through the Serie A match between Empoli and Napoli at Stadio Carlo Castellani on October 20, 2024 in Empoli, Italy. (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photographs)
With this historical past behind him, coming to Napoli was not a lot a courageous determination as a silly one. Conte was by no means going to do something aside from struggle with De Laurentiis, who in true Hollywood film producer type will lower the finances, refuse easy requests, take all of the credit score when one thing goes nicely and shift the blame if it goes badly.
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It appears was not failing to signal any of the January switch goal – Alejandro Garnacho, Karim Adeyemi, Pietro Comuzzo – however the harm to David Neres. Taking place a couple of minutes earlier than the press convention, Conte was in a rage in regards to the state of the coaching pitches, blaming them for muscular accidents and declaring they had been meant to be fastened by now. This all represents “belongings you simply can not do at Napoli.”
Conte is without end torn by the ambition to win silverware and the fixed complaining about his assets. I’d counsel he solely take over golf equipment with huge budgets and a historical past of success, however the reality is he’d battle there too, as a result of these followers and media would anticipate such an outlandish thought pretty much as good soccer. Can’t have that. So he’ll , even when others comply with with double the outcomes and half the expense. It simply received’t be at Napoli.