Yesterday, for the first time, Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis opened up when talking about a coach who is not his: “I always watch Atalanta’s matches with great interest because they have a very good coach, excellent players and they play very interesting football,” he declared. The appreciation, clear and direct, was aimed at Gian Piero Gasperini, the coach who won the first historic European final in Atalanta’s history at the Gewiss Stadium by beating Olympique Marseille.
Gasperini is De Laurentiis’ first choice for the Napoli bench: the coach from Grugliasco would be entrusted with a three-year project to start again with a brand new squad after a disastrous season, but only in the next few days – after the last decisive matches of the Dea – will the number one of the Neapolitan club know if Gasperini will free himself from Atalanta , a club with which he has another year of contract. “We have another year of contract with the coach. It is impossible that anyone can come and take him from us. If he then wants to go we will start talking, with great regret. We are not thinking of changing the agreement”, the words of Antonio Percassi , owner of Atalanta, after qualifying for the Europa League final.
Meanwhile, two days before the match against Bologna, good news arrived from the infirmary: “Kvaratskhelia and Dendoncker trained as a group. Raspadori did personalized work on the pitch. Personalized in the gym for Zielinski”.