Aurelio De Laurentiis has made clear that Napoli’s precedence this summer season is to trim a closely bloated squad quite than add to it, whereas backing new head coach Massimiliano Allegri to suit seamlessly into his imaginative and prescient for the membership.
Talking on the presentation of Napoli’s new house package, , the president was requested concerning the membership’s switch plans and pointed to the sheer quantity of gamers on the books as the difficulty to resolve first.
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“Within the final month I will need to have acquired 200 proposals for gamers to signal, however I advised them to remain calm: we have now 47 gamers, and we have to place 25 earlier than we are able to speak,” De Laurentiis mentioned. “In my view we gained’t want to purchase anybody and can give away many.”
GENOA, ITALY – MAY 17: Massimiliano Allegri, head coach of , reacts through the Serie A match between and at Stadio Luigi Ferraris on Could 17, 2026 in Genoa, Italy. (Picture by Simone Arveda/Getty Photos)
De Laurentiis backs Allegri to align with Napoli’s strategy
The president was heat on his new head coach, framing as a pure match for the way in which he runs the membership.
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“Mr Allegri is an organization man, we’ll get alongside very nicely,” De Laurentiis mentioned, earlier than including a attribute flourish: “I’ll ask Max for recommendation on shopping for a horse, and we’ll put a jockey in a Napoli shirt on it.”
The message from the highest is unambiguous: earlier than Napoli entertain any incomings, a considerable clear-out should come first, with a squad of 47 needing to be whittled down considerably.
It’s a stance that chimes with the image constructed elsewhere this window, by which Napoli’s overcrowded ranks, notably among the many deadweight forwards, have been flagged because the urgent subject for Allegri to handle in his first summer season on the helm.