Naples says goodbye to the Gattuso era. The technician arrived after the dismissal of Ancelotti at the end of 2019, raised a team in crisis, canceled the controversies of the mutiny of the players, won an Italian Cup against Juve a year ago and in the second round of this Serie A added 43 points (77 in total). They were not enough to win the Champions League, which the Southerners handed over to Vecchia Signora with an absurd 1-1 draw against Verona at Maradona. The partenopeo club announced goodbye to the coach (whose contract expires on June 30) with a message posted on Twitter by its president, Aurelio De Laurentiis: “Dear Rino, I am happy to have spent these seasons with you. I thank you for the work you did and I wish you the best success wherever you go. A hug also for your wife and your children.”
Caro Rino, I am happy to say that the transcorso quasi due stagioni con te. Ringraziandoti per il lavoro svolto, you augur successi ovunque your vada. An abbraccio anche a tua moglie e ai tuoi figli. Aurelio De Laurentiis
– AurelioDeLaurentiis (@ADeLaurentiis) May 23, 2021
They were the only statements of the night, since the club has been in “silence stampa” since February. No one has spoken since the relationship between Gattuso and De Laurentiis has been broken and never, despite the good results of the last month, were there any signs of peace. Now the Neapolitans are looking for a new coach, and not playing the Champions League complicates their plans. The azzurri had a principle of economic agreement with Max Allegri, but the Italian, obviously, waits first for the response from Real Madrid and without the European Cup he could definitively reject the Neapolitan proposal. Spalletti, Galtier and Inzaghi are the other options that De Laurentiis handles.