“Here is the future of Spalletti and Mertens”
The scudetto dream vanished at Napoli after the daring knockout suffered on the Empoli field. It is therefore time to think ahead and next season. The patron knows it well Aurelio De Laurentiis which, to the microphones of Corriere dello Sport, analyzed the future of Mr. Spalletti and Dries Mertens. Here are his words:
De Laurentiis on Spalletti
«I came after 8 months of silence, because I have never been absent, I felt with the coach almost every day. Spalletti has a two-year contract, plus an option on our part for a third year, and I have never thought – at this moment – of a possible one ».
De Laurentiis on Mertens
“Someone who comes from outside like Dries and lives in Palazzo Don Anna, who has named his son Ciro, has to prove if he wants to stay. I told him: you have the ball, it depends on you. And he replied with a smile that he is a great actor: presidè, ce verimm ».
De Laurentiis and Insigne’s farewell
“I’m sorry he’s going away, we smiled at each other and I shrugged his shoulders with parterno. He will remain forever in the history of Napoli ».
De Laurentiis on the economic situation of Napoli
«I think Milan spends 96 million salaries, we spend 136 million. At the beginning of the season, no one talked about the Scudetto. Our goal is to return to the Champions League because between Covid and pre and during the pandemic we are out of 220 million ».