They say where they give, they take. Last summer, Juventus took over Cristiano Giuntoli, the architect in the offices of Naples who won the ‘scudetto’ after 33 years of waiting as a discoverer of talents such as Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Kim Min-jae, and now Aurelio De Laurentiis He returns it with the same coin.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Napoli’s president has already found a new sporting director, a position that has been vacant since Giuntoli’s departure. It is neither more nor less than Giovanni Manna, Giuntoli’s own first collaborator at Juventus and with whom he reached a five-year verbal agreement despite having a contract that runs until 2025 at the Turin club, that he arrived in 2019 to take over the youth team before moving to the structure of sports.
The perfect profile
This is the perfect profile for the project that should return Napoli to the top of Serie A after a disappointing season that claimed two coaches, Rudi Garcia and Walter Mazzarri.
Manna, 35, has a good nose and a good knowledge of the market, especially the youth, as shown by his past as technical director of Juventus Next Gen, the second team of the Turin club, responsible for players such as of Fabio Miretti, Samuel Illing-Junior, Matías Soulé and Enzo Barrenechea, The latter two, now on loan at Frosinone, will reach the first team, led by Massimiliano Allegri.
Manna will assume his duties as Napoli sports director from July 1, though De Laurentiis You have to choose the new coach ahead of time who will show up Francesco Calzona. A decision, however, to be made as usual by the club’s eccentric president.
Offensive by Antonio Conte
In this sense, La Gazzetta dello Sport points out that De Laurentiis is once again the favorite Antonio Conte determined to return to coaching after a sabbatical year after being sacked by Tottenham in March 2023.
The president of Naples wanted to sign him in October before dismissing him Rudi Garcia and now he will return to the fight but Conte is not convinced of the project he will present to him. A hefty contract and the arrival of notable signings could finally decide him.
Source: La Verdad
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