“Balance is not a philosophy of mine or Napoli’s, but all teams must have it to be competitive. When I say it’s an open construction site, it also means that we are trying out different solutions. A coach must try, as last year, to find different solutions because the season will be long. The 3-5-2? I believe a coach must try to find different solutions. We have worked a lot on the 4-3-3, a system that suits the team and we have the players for it, we are also looking for an additional solution in case we need to give up an attacking winger for an extra midfielder.”

Assessment of the transfer market.

“The assessment is very simple to make. Apart from this transfer window, we have practically brought in 13 players since I arrived, selling seven, including top players like Osimhen and Kvara, now Raspadori at Atletico Madrid, we sold Caprile and Gaetano to Cagliari. Natan was bought back by Sevilla, not to forget a few names. This year we have renewed again, we have renewed the loans of Cajuste and Lindstrom, who were acquired after winning the league.”

“We have made new loans for Ngonge and Rafa Marin, but these are the facts. When I talk about all this movement, we are a club that is continuing its reconstruction. I don’t think that all clubs aiming to be competitive, or who won a league title last year, can create all this movement. We continue to be in reconstruction, we have won a league title but we are not at the end of the reconstruction cycle.”

“We are bringing in players for the present but especially for the future because these players are not going to change the starting 11, but they are strengthening the squad to help us now and in the future to become starters. Beukema will be the new Rrahmani in the future, he has those characteristics, he is a soldier. Lucca from Udinese will work by watching Lukaku, who has scored 300 goals in his career, but he is not a finished player. Marianucci will be Napoli’s center-back for years, he is 21 years old and comes from Empoli. It is important to clarify, to bring in a ready player like De Bruyne is one thing… but it is a different type of acquisition. We will need to complete the squad out of necessity, not out of my or the president’s whim.”

Goalkeeper situation.

ALEX MERET POINTING THE FINGER (PHOTO BY SALVATORE FORNELLI)

“If Milinkovic-Savic was brought in, it’s because we spent 20 million on him, unlike Scuffet who arrived as a backup on loan. We didn’t get him for free and he will share the season with Meret, with the utmost serenity. We have the example from yesterday, the most striking, with Donnarumma who is probably the best goalkeeper in the world. And there is a coach who wanted to bring in another goalkeeper… I didn’t bring in another goalkeeper to get rid of Meret, but because I need more guarantees. They will share the goal, unless there is such a significant difference that we will go directly to one.”

Changes in attack.

“First of all, I want to thank the players who have left and who contributed to the Scudetto, including Kvara, whom I’ve already mentioned, he scored 5 goals and had an impact. I refer to Jack, Simeone, Ngonge, Rafa Marin, all those in the squad. They will always be remembered fondly. I also want to specify, those who have left have asked to leave for various reasons, this is clear. After the first year, I asked ADL for mandatory confirmation of certain players, there were no foundations, we had to start from a minimum, after my first year, my door is open, those who do not want to stay are free to leave.”

What is missing to complete the squad?

“I expect that we will complete it, but not just me. The question is what does the club expect? The president expects to complete the squad, De Laurentiis. We cannot do the math, the president knows the right number, but if one puts down and writes the names, doing the calculations, it is easy to arrive at the number of players to be signed.”

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