The newest updates in declare that Vincenzo Italiano, moderately than Massimiliano Allegri, is at present the main candidate to exchange Antonio Conte as head coach of Napoli after a sequence of conferences with the Partenopei administration on Tuesday.
Why Italiano leads Allegri in race to exchange Conte at Napoli
Napoli and President Aurelio De Laurentiis are on the hunt for a brand new coach to exchange Conte, who left his function on the finish of the 2025-26 season, one 12 months after main the membership to its fourth Scudetto.
Commercial
Maurizio Sarri was among the many preliminary frontrunners to take over the Napoli head coach job, however he’s now all set to reunite with Cristiano Giuntoli at as a substitute.
Napoli’s focus has since turned to Italiano and Allegri, and experiences this morning confirmed that between the Napoli administration and the representatives of the top coaches on Tuesday.
In line with the most recent updates from the likes of Gianluca Di Marzio, Sky Sport Italia and , Italiano has emerged because the frontrunner for the Napoli job after Tuesday’s spherical of talks.
BOLOGNA, ITALY – MAY 23: The pinnacle coach of celebrates in the course of the Serie A match between Bologna FC 1909 and at Renato Dall’Ara Stadium on Might 23, 2026 in Bologna, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs)
Commercial
Italiano has one 12 months remaining on his present contract with Bologna, and he’ll reportedly meet with the Rossoblu administration within the coming days to be able to talk about the opportunity of ending his contract forward of schedule. The newest updates declare that Italiano will meet with Bologna administrators on Thursday.
As for Allegri, Calciomercato experiences that he, like Italiano, could be ready to simply accept a two-year contract with the choice for a 3rd season at Napoli. Nevertheless, De Laurentiis is reportedly delay by Allegri’s disastrous exit and the truth that he was incomes round twice as a lot as Italiano does at Bologna on his San Siro contract: €3m per season in comparison with round €6m.