The technician has a contract until 2027, but when he wanted to leave he was always satisfied. And this season has highlighted strengths and weaknesses of the relationship with De Laurentiis
Antonio Conte He has a contract that binds him to Napoli until 30 June 2027 and the Scudetto is being played in an exciting sprint against Inter of Simone Inzaghi. A combination of enough certainties to turn off any debate on the future of the technician who brought the Neapolitans to be protagonists in Serie A. Yes, without a doubt. Perhaps. Maybe. And to say it is not the tissues made to pass almost everywhere by the widows of Conte, those companies that a year ago could have raised the phone and call the Salentino and, instead, did not have the courage and intuition shown by Aurelio De Laurentiis.
To make him understand, sowing doubts and half phrases, are the same protagonists with an unspoken who worries the Neapolitan people. What happened before and after the Maradona match against Milan perfectly summarizes the state of emotional precariousness in which those around the strange counte-ADL couple live. Remains? they asked the technician. And he: “We must be aware that we are doing something extraordinary and miraculous. We only participated in a competition because in the Italian Cup we did two rounds. We have to be fierce, eight games remain and then we will think about the future “. An indefinite “then” that punches with the need for any club to plan the future already in early spring.
A couple of hours before the same question had been asked to Giovanni Mannauntil proven otherwise (he too is in the rumors of other companies) Sports Director of Napoli. Remain Antonio? “With great peace of mind, the coach still has two years of contract, we started a path and we are focused on today. Every speech today superfluous. Last year he chose to marry this project, we hope to continue without any problem “. “Hopefully” and “without any problem”, the most distant thing from an assertive statement that many would have liked to listen and that did not arrive. Neither before, nor after.
In short, Antonio Conte and Napoli, their future together still have to build it and the certainty is that the contract will play an important but not decisive role. In his career the former national team coach – together with many other things – has given concrete proof of the fact that if he wants to greet, he leaves. But also that he is available to stay, body and soul, if he understands that the project is serious and nobody wants to make fun of him.
In Naples it is very well and never misses an opportunity to underline it; You know is integrated as perhaps never in its football history, with the exception of Juventus that considers home. He tries gratitude and also feels he had to return something to the Neapolitans, who welcomed him by delivering the keys to their sporting love. It is not said, however, that this feeling is sufficient because the sporting reasoning then come into play. For example, Conte first knows that this was an anomalous season in which he has been able to enjoy the advantage of having to concentrate on a single competition while from August, fortunately, he will also enter the hellish group of compressed calendars. And do you know that to remain competitive they will need intelligent and important investments: will De Laurentiis be willing to follow him as last summer?
Conte knows that the bar will get up, however the Scudetto sprint with Inter ends. He memorized that in January the club sold him Kvaratskhelia by replacing him with Okafor, almost there was a misalignment between the corporate projects and his, always voted for victory. It is aware that many “repentant” would make false cards to tear it to Napoli and it is not said that the temptation is not strong. The answer to the question, in short, perhaps today is not there and then it is better to remain in doubt rather than coming out. After all, this championship represents a historical opportunity for all the protagonists of the triangle and it is worth waiting rather than risking burning everything.
