Aurelio De Laurentiis has held a press convention discussing the membership’s plans for pre-season and their upcoming centenary yr, however has refused to touch upon the approaching appointment of head coach Massimiliano Allegri: ‘You already know the principles’.
De Laurentiis talks all issues Napoli forward of 2026-27 centenary season
De Laurentiis sat down in entrance of reporters on Thursday, confirming that Napoli will maintain two summer time coaching camps in Trentino and in Abruzzo, regardless of multi-million affords to participate in worldwide summer time excursions. He additionally stated that the membership plans to have a good time its centenary throughout the 2026-27 season, not simply in the summertime, and confirmed that the Stadio Maradona is in want of main redevelopment.
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“We’re scripting the story of those 100 years. After we’re speaking a few centenary, I consider that it needs to be celebrated for the total yr. If we take August 1 because the date, it implies that from August 1, 2026 till July 31, 2027, I need to have a good time,” De Laurentiis stated when discussing the membership’s upcoming one centesimal anniversary (by way of ).
“We have now a formidable sequence of celebrations, actions, appointments that, if we had been to burn by way of multi functional go, we might not have the ability to launch this nice idea of ‘Napoli è, Napoli esiste, Napoli è filosofia e realtà di vita’. So please, comply with us on this journey that can final a yr.”
De Laurentiis went on to debate the infrastructure that Napoli have accessible to them. The membership President just isn’t involved concerning the state of the coaching floor, however hinted that it is likely to be cheaper to construct a model new stadium somewhat than to redevelop the Stadio Maradona.
“We’re right here to speak about my relations with town, the native space and the municipality and the stadium situation. We need to be thought-about as a fantastic group, however even when Ancelotti arrived I stated that the Stadio Maradona was a dump. That opinion hasn’t modified. Even by spending €200m, the issues with the Maradona wouldn’t be solved.
NAPLES, ITALY – MARCH 09: Common view contained in the stadium throughout the Serie A match between Napoli and on the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on March 09, 2025 in Naples, . (Picture by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Pictures)
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“There are not any issues with the coaching floor. We could have a separate convention concerning the stadium. These constructions shall be a recurring theme over the following five-year interval.”
Napoli have just lately confirmed that by mutual consent, and while Allegri is extensively anticipated to interchange him on an preliminary two-year contract, De Laurentiis was unable to touch upon authorized grounds.
“Napoli doesn’t actually have a coach for the time being, and even when we did, we couldn’t announce it. You already know the principles. It’s pointless to make a large number.”
He later added: “I’ll introduce the coach when the laws permit me to. I’m not one to go in opposition to the principles. I can disagree with them, as a result of typically they had been made at a sure time and change into outdated. We comply with play in a contest that has guidelines, and so we respect them. When the time involves announce the coach, we are going to announce it.”
MILAN, ITALY – MAY 24: Massimiliano Allegri, Head Coach of , reacts previous to the Serie A match between AC Milan and on the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on Might 24, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)
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De Laurentiis assured the reporters current that parting methods with Conte doesn’t imply that Napoli intend to surrender on their combat for league titles: “I received the Scudetto with a coach who hadn’t even received it earlier than, solely the league title in Russia. So relaxation assured, so long as you see my face current (we need to win titles).”
He later continued: “For a lot of, the league isn’t essential. For me, each the league and Champions League are essential. After the primary Scudetto, I stated that we might intention for large issues in Europe. It didn’t go nicely, however we received over it and completed second. Subsequent yr we hope to get again on monitor after these two coaching camps.”
De Laurentiis was additionally requested why Napoli have a tendency to remain on residence soil for his or her pre-season coaching camps, when so many different ‘high’ golf equipment throughout Europe take the chance to delve into new markets in North America or South-East Asia, for instance.
He replied: “There’s a gentleman I like very a lot referred to as Charlie Stellitano, and he affords me 4 or 5 million each time to jet off all over the world. He wrote to me once more a few week in the past, I replied saying they must pay for every part and for €15m, I’d give them 5 days of availability. However, I by no means heard from them once more, they left me alone.”
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De Laurentiis additionally revealed why Napoli are likely to play away from residence throughout the first spherical of the Serie A season.
“The primary sport shall be away, as a result of we want time to relay the pitch after these rattling summer time concert events. For years, I’ve been asking the league to allow us to play the primary sport away from residence, and so they have all the time politely accepted.”
Lastly, De Laurentiis gave his response to the latest feedback made by , who claimed that he was ‘pleased’ that Conte was leaving.
“They’ve made statements which can be both acceptable or unacceptable relying in your viewpoint. We’ll see what occurs after we all get again to work. We’ll see what the brand new coach thinks of it. If somebody has to depart, they’ll depart. What’s the issue? There are many footballers on this planet.”