De Laurentiis: ‘Napoli cannot talk about Allegri, must improve in Europe’ | OneFootball

Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis won’t be drawn on when he can finally announce Max Allegri as the new coach. ‘We have to stay up there and try to improve in Europe.’

The patron just flew back from Los Angeles, where he spends much of his time thanks to his day job as a Hollywood movie producer, and immediately spoke to reporters.

It was on the superyacht Boardwalk, where they were the guests of American ambassador to Italy Tilman J. Fertitta.

De Laurentiis on Napoli ambition

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis arrives for the screening of the film “Freaks Out” presented in competition on September 8, 2021 during the 78th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

The first question was about their ambitions for this season, having won the Scudetto in 2025 and then finished runners-up to Inter.

“I have been here for 22 years, we are the only club who kept climbing and climbing. We have to stay up there and must try to improve in Europe,” De Laurentiis told reporters.

Antonio Conte walked away by mutual consent at the end of the campaign, and it is commonly known that Allegri has been chosen to replace him.

However, nothing can be done until Allegri has formally terminated his contract with Milan, who fired the coach the day after missing out on Champions League qualification.

“We cannot and must not talk about Allegri until we really have him,” noted De Laurentiis.

“Decisions are made seeking consistency. Seeing as we finally have a Federation President who shares my ideas, which football is an industry, albeit an atypical one, I am convinced all of Italian football must work hard and rebuild with Malagò.

“The difference is that Americans are always going forward, whereas in Italy we remain stagnant. It’s because the men in power do not move.”