Shocking confession: Napoli regret not axing Garcia on first day

December 23, 2023 Trending News

A shocking confession by Napoli’s president has stunned the world: he wishes he had fired Rudi Garcia on the same day the coach was introduced.

Owner and president Aurelio De Laurentiis spoke frankly about Rudi Garcia‘s limited time as head coach in an interview with Corriere dello Sport. His team is now serving as Italian champions.

Luciano Spalletti’s resignation after last season caught everyone off guard by the Partenopei’s selection of the Frenchman.

While looking for a new coach in June, many names came up, including Igor Tudor, Luis Enrique, Christophe Galtier, and Vincenzo Italiano. Whoever Garcia was up against seemed far more suited for the league winners.

Before joining Napoli, the French coach coached Al-Nassr for nine months. His failure to reach an agreement with their best player, Cristiano Ronaldo, led to his dismissal in April 2023.

What did De Laurentiis say about other choices?

Now, De Laurentiis has voiced his qualms with the selection of Garcia after learning that the new manager was inexperienced with the squad. In addition, the manager reportedly had a different soccer mentality than the club’s previous coach.

The former Al-Nassr manager was not even De Laurentiis’s first pick for head coach. It all started when the 74-year-old contacted Thiago Motta, whose Bologna squad is doing well in Serie A.

Thiago Motta’s side Bologna side are on fire.

Nevertheless, the pressure of replacing a coach who won the Scudetto was too much for Motta. Therefore, he turned down the job.

“Thiago Motta was the first one I called. It wasn’t so wrong, eh? However, he didn’t feel ready. Do you know what the problem was? He needed to replace somebody who had won the title that way. He thought: ‘What will happen if it doesn’t go well?’

De Laurentiis persisted in his pursuit of a manager and eventually settled on Garcia after contacting Luis Enrique and Julian Nagelsmann, among others. The former would…


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Author : Martina Alcheva

Publish date : 2023-12-23 16:26:56

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