AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli was on a list of candidates that Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis considered to replace Luciano Spalletti.
This morning’s edition of Corriere dello Sport (via Calciomercato.com) talks about how Spalletti saw his ideal replacement as Fiorentina boss Vincenzo Italiano, but De Laurentiis wants Paulo Sousa who is currently at Salernitana.
There was also a meeting between the two in Rome last Friday during which it was discovered that he has a €1m release clause but it is only valid until June 20. The Portuguese coach is admired for his ability to use the 4-3-3 formation, which the squad is already built around.
Rudi Garcia and Christophe Galtier are two other names, but De Laurentiis also had calls with Carlo Ancelotti, Luis Enrique, Thiago Motta, Marcelino, Nagelsmann and even Stefano Pioli.
The Napoli president wanted to see if there was a possibility that Pioli might leave Milan after Paolo Maldini and Ricky Massara’s sacking, but instead he has become an even more central figure.
I would love to see pioli at naples, making the beautifully playing napoli side suffer for ideas, creativity and vision. Dude will ruin their playing style with his style of football.
Dude beat Napoli in a two legged playoff…
That was because leao was there… He’s leao dependent… Without leao… He’s out of ideas
Ignore him, quoting results but forgets how we win.
Leao dependent my ass. Leao isn’t the GK, CB, LB, RB, DM, or AM.
And Bennacer was the one who scored the winning goal in the first leg.
Seriously why are some Milan fans these stupid?!
They are not AC Milan fans, they are Maldini fans that like to blame owner,coach ,CEO furlani. For them only maldini the choosen one . The others just trash in their mind and eye .
Also Napoli literally have all the required players for his style of play, without mentioning actual rotating options.
Pioli almost handed us a defeat against a 10 man Napoli BTW. Saele played his best game and then.. Guess who Pioli benched for the rest of the season.
I would be happy to give away Pioli to Napoli, we will have less competition like that next season.
Anyway players are not motivated as much as they are last season with Pioli’s words.
Better to part than making it worse, but Cardinale like him to stay to say Yes boss for everything
Yes, take Pioli, he will be great for Napoli. We can hire Spaletti or other coach who’s better for Milan project.
Zero respect (as usual) for the coach who brought us our first scudetto in 10 years – despite all those injuries and insane referring decisions….