Napoli as a membership and metropolis are nonetheless celebrating the staff’s latest Scudetto win, the third Serie A title of their historical past.
Nonetheless, gray clouds are beginning to seem on the horizon, suggesting all will not be properly within the land of the champions.
Head coach Luciano Spalletti‘s future is within the air after stories {that a} latest assembly with Napoli proprietor Aurelio De Laurentiis didn’t go properly.
Pressure is rising and it appears the 2 do not see eye to eye, regardless of the latest monumental success.
“It’s the club that will have to decide if I stay,” Spalletti stated days in the past after selecting up the Serie A supervisor of the yr award.
The turnaround appears laborious to understand as not way back the Tuscan coach’s permanence in Naples appeared a certainty.
The membership activated a clause to increase his contract to 2024 and there was speak of an extra extension within the works.
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Now, ‘Radio Kiss Kiss Napoli’, which is formally tied to the membership, has reminded listeners that if Spalletti chooses to stroll, he would want to pay eight million euros in compensation.
In two years on the membership, he has earned six million.
The timing is curious and it’s maybe a message from the membership, a warning about who has the ability in these negotiations.
What’s sure is that issues are oddly unsure, particularly contemplating the on-field triumph which is so recent within the reminiscence.
Press convention to clear the air?
Spalletti will tackle the media on Saturday at 15:00 (CET) and maybe then we’ll hear an replace from his personal mouth on this example.
Supporters will definitely hope he makes use of the prospect to clear up the doubts which have emerged.
It is attainable that one of many causes for the strain is that Spalletti is sad about how the membership dealt with his latest renewal, reportedly informing him by e-mail concerning the computerized extension.
Within the background to all this, there may be additionally the small matter that Napoli‘s sporting director Cristiano Guintoli could possibly be on the verge of becoming a member of Juventus.
Napoli must be constructing from a place of power, however they could possibly be set to implode.