Walter Sabatinisporting director, spoke about Christian Giuntoli and not only in an interview given to Radio Crc: “Giuntoli did the real monstrous work at Napoli with Kvaratskhelia, Osimhen and other players who characterised that team. Today at Juventus he was good at accompanying a flow of players coming from the second team. I must also recognise the work that Federico Cherubini and Federico Busco have done on this issue of the second team, because today Juventus is fielding extraordinary players born in 2004-2005.
Manna? He is a young guy who knows how to do his job. He was the one who started the Napoli market. Can De Laurentiis become the president of the Serie A League? Of course he could. De Laurentiis has shown in twenty years that he has understood football and has dominated it to some extent. I don’t know, however, what the conflict with the other presidents is and to what extent. Aurelio is strong and quarrelsome so I don’t know if he will be able to find a symphony with all the other presidents.
The role of the sporting director? Money dominates the scene. Club owners do not consider using the figure of the sporting director, making a mistake. The sporting director is not only a merchant, but is an intermediary of feelings, since he takes care of the dressing room, of the psychological pressure on the players and of all the things that happen in a work group. The sporting director has fallen. When I go to Coverciano to give lessons to the new ones I tell them: “I pity myself because you are obtaining the acquisition of a role that is now extinct”. Today the sporting director no longer exists”.