“I have scored many goals in my career, now I’m waiting to know how it will go since I’m still a free agent. But I still really want to score more.” Talk like this Francesco Caputoa striker who is currently a free agent but who has no desire to retire. Fresh from his experience at Empoli, the striker born in ’87 also focused on Napoli in an interview with Radio Kiss Kiss: “I expected Conte’s Napoli to be strong so quickly, because I know the coach and he is number one in this, he immediately took control of the situation. I believe that the Azzurri have made a super transfer, McTominay, Gilmour, super strong players who are above all requests from the coach such as the stay of captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo. All the ingredients are there to aim to win something important, all the conditions are there.
Raspadori? Jack has a particular role, he can play different ones up front. He has leg and technique, but at the moment he finds little space because Lukaku is there as well as other top players who are doing well. But he is able to make a difference even as a substitute. He is a fairly unique player of his kind, he is not a first striker with twenty goals in the championship, but he has strength in his legs, speed, technique and insertions, he has so many qualities that he has already demonstrated his value in Naples. Empoli-Napoli at 12.30? We’re used to it by now even if it’s not the right time to play a football match.
That Covid-era sign? That image still saddens me, but it came naturally to me to give a positive signal. In my own small way, I wanted to ask everyone to do their utmost to get out of that situation. I played in Empoli for many years and it is always difficult to come to the “Castellani”, especially now that the team is doing very well with D’Aversa, he plays excellent football, but Napoli has a strong team and a great coach who I know well because I had him in Bari. Already at the time he had given an important signal to make a great journey. De Zerbi? For me he is ready to coach a big club, but each championship is its own story. It’s different to coach in Serie A, or in the Premier League or in Ligue 1, but he could certainly easily coach a top club in Italy too.”