Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis admits he’d enable Antonio Conte to turn out to be the Italy nationwide crew coach and backs Giovanni Malagò to turn out to be the brand new FIGC President: ‘The right individual.’
Napoli President De Laurentiis admits he’s open to letting Conte depart on the finish of the season to turn out to be the Italy nationwide crew coach.
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“If Antonio requested me, I believe I’d say sure,” De Laurentiis informed reporters (by way of) in Los Angeles, the place the documentary on Napoli’s fourth Scudetto premiered on Monday.
“However provided that he [Conte] may be very clever, till there isn’t a severe interlocutor and, till now, there haven’t been many, he’d resist imagining himself because the chief of one thing that’s solely disorganised,” ADL added.
Conte has emerged as one of many main candidates to turn out to be the brand new Italy nationwide crew coach.
Nonetheless, the FIGC received’t rent a substitute for Gennaro Gattuso till the tip of June, given {that a} new President can be elected on June 22.
VERONA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 28: Antonio Conte head coach of SSC Napoli through the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Picture by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Photographs)
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FIGC President Gabriele Gravina resigned following Italy’s World Cup play-off elimination final week, and so did coach Gattuso.
The Azzurri will play two pleasant video games in June and can be led by a
NAPLES, ITALY – MAY 26: Aurelio De Laurentiis, President of SSC Napoli, celebrates the victory of Serie A TIM through the SSC Napoli Trophy Parade on Might 26, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Picture by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Photographs)
De Laurentiis additionally confirmed Giovanni Malagò is his favorite candidate to turn out to be the brand new FIGC President.
“He’s the right individual to first function a commissioner after which because the President of a brand new Federation,” concluded the Napoli proprietor.