Napoli-Inter, Spalletti: "My future? Ask De Laurentiis"

Naples, 20 May 2023 - The match againstInter, scheduled Sunday May 21 18, but also and above all the future of the bench of Napoli: the focus of both agenda items is Luciano Spalletti, who gives himself to the microphones of a rather tense press conference despite the championship won just a few weeks ago.

The mystery of the dinner

It is inevitable to immediately get back to the words spoken just a few hours earlier by Aurelio De Laurentiis, who had expressly declared his desire not to clip anyone's wings: a cryptic phrase for the bystanders but evidently also for the Tuscan coach himself. "You have to ask the president for the interpretation, who is always good at keeping everyone on edge, given that these words are not inherent to what we said to each other at dinner. Then I don't need wings, but just a pair of boots ". A joke that isn't enough to dispel the clouds that have been weighing down the air for days Castel Volturno. "I have no intention of flying anywhere. The rest, I repeat, will have to be said by the president when he deems it appropriate: for me everything is already defined from the evening of the dinner". Attempts to unbutton Spalletti they continue, but without success. "You ask me whether or not I want to stay and bring the fans into play, but everything that has happened and will happen concerns the club." Who knows, perhaps behind the increasingly probable divorce there is the fear of not being able to repeat himself in an already notoriously very demanding place: let alone with the tricolor sewn on his chest. "For me it's more difficult to start the championship with a team that finished mid-table compared to the one I have in hand now, which is perfect from every point of view: today it's easier to work than when I arrived." His words that seem to bring calm back to a team that, in fact, still has ample room for growth. "In many respects we can improve further. Certainly when I arrived there were few fixed points, whereas today we are talking about fantastic players."

Inter on the horizon

Miracles of victories. For a Napoli who dominated in Serie A there's a'Inter who instead made a loud statement in Champions League, earning the ticket to the final, where he will face the Manchester City: a result that could give new stimuli to the Azzurri, aappeared rather exhausted Monza. "We are still motivated and even more so are the players, who train with pleasure. Tomorrow we will challenge a team that beat us in the first leg: one more reason to try to do well." Beyond good intentions, the impression is that never before has it been more complicated in the Campania capital to stay focused on a championship that has already said everything: especially with the transfer market looming. "I have always thought by putting the collective first and I do so even more now, even if I know that in the press and on the streets certain players have been placed before others."

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