“President of Napoli Contacts Former Spain Coach Luis Enrique for Managerial Position in Serie A”

Convincing Lucho. This is the mission of Aurelio De Laurentiis. Not easy. Because the problem is not Napoli, or Serie A. No, the president collides with a basic belief that has its roots in Luis Enrique’s passion for the Premier League. By contacting the former Spain coach De Laurentiis directly, he has already made a significant breach in the Asturian coach’s lock, because his words are always important. But the road is still long.

The previous

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And there is some important background: in April Luis Enrique went to London, called up by Chelsea who had to face Real Madrid in the Champions League and was without a coach. Everything seemed to be going well, then everything fell apart quickly. The reasons for the non-agreement are not revealed, but let’s say that Luis Enrique has seen things that have not convinced him. And his intuition proved to be correct: the Blues entrusted to Lampard sank on all fronts. But Lucho still has a passion for the Premier League. He spent months improving his English studying with a passion similar to the one he takes to pedal.

He Psg

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And for this reason when from Naples earlier this week they contacted his friend before agent Ivan de la Peña the answer was dry: “Thanks but no thanks”, we write it in English because that championship was at stake. Luis Enrique had a couple of teams in mind. The main hypotheses: Tottenham, who however seem to want to move towards Potter. And City, in the event of Pep Guardiola’s sudden farewell. Which is very difficult to hypothesize at this moment. Luis Enrique has an excellent relationship with Txiki Beguiristain and in the event of the separation of Citizens with Guardiola it is reasonable to think that Luis Enrique can be considered as the most suitable successor. But we are talking about a very remote hypothesis. During the week, Paris Saint-Germain also appeared at Lucho’s sight with its mountain of stars and euros. And the horizon has widened, crossing the English borders. Then finally De Laurentiis, allergic to any intermediation from third parties, managed to find the highly sought after and not very widespread number of Luis Enrique and called him directly bypassing Ivan de la Peña and his initial negativity towards the Italian idea .

Opening

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Lucho listened, politely at first, then more attentively. And the a priori no to any non-English team has been shattered in some way. Luis Enrique needs to feel in demand, appreciated and sought after, and this has been passed on to him. And so Lucho asked for time to reflect. He has to understand what he can find in Naples, and what he can get from Paris or England. Napoli are in no hurry, because Luis Enrique remains their first target and the courtship will continue. De Laurentiis is adept at striking the right chords. And certainly the Asturian, in love with Italy, can find stimuli in coaching the strongest team in Serie A with one of the youngest and most promising squads. Precisely the arguments on which the president will leverage, convinced that he can also have his say in the Champions League. And so now Luis Enrique is thinking about it more seriously.

The contract

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Then there is an economic aspect that is not simple. De La Peña starts from requests exceeding ten million euros net. Figures out of reach, due to the choice of economic sustainability, of Naples. But even in this De Laurentiis, taking advantage of the tax breaks of the growth decree, can push beyond the five million net salary. Certainly the gap remains wide, but the coach is a man of principles and therefore if he is convinced of the blue club’s project, then he will be willing to marry him without focusing on the economic aspect.