Notizie

De Laurentiis and Ancelotti appeared at a press conference to announce the agreement

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has announced that the squad will once again hold their pre-season training camp in Dimaro this summer. The camp will take place between 6 July and 26 July.

“We’ve renewed the agreement with the Trentino region for another three seasons – this will be our ninth consecutive year in Dimaro-Folgarida,” said De Laurentiis at a press conference on Monday. “We’re delighted with the new agreement. Both sides worked hard to find an agreement because we were both determined to continue this relationship.

“It’s not been an easy year for the Val di Sole, which has suffered a number of disasters requiring a lot of work to restore the facilities to pristine condition. I want to thank the heads of the Trentino Tourist Board for their willingness – we’re really very happy that our partnership is going to continue.

“This year we plan to organise a special day-long children’s tournament with around ten games – we hope it becomes a kind of Napoli-Trentino Football School. It’s a great way of entertaining the youngsters but also the parents and families who will make the trip. I’d like to run this kind of initiative this year to provide a further boost to the Val di Sole.”

Napoli coach Carlo Ancelotti expressed his satisfaction with the news.

“We enjoyed our time in Trentino – the facilities were great,” he said. “I’m happy that we’re able to return to Dimaro-Folgarida so that we can do three weeks of specially designed preparation.”

Councillor for Sport and Tourism Roberto Failoni also spoke glowingly about the return of Napoli to Trentino.

“When I had the first meeting with De Laurentiis, it took us no time at all to find an agreement,” he revealed. “Our relationship goes back nine years and it’s now set to continue, much to our mutual satisfaction. We’ve had a tough winter with various hardships, but like good Trentino people we’ve picked ourselves up and now all our attention Is focused on the upcoming Napoli training camp – it will be a chance to develop working relationships too.”

Trentino Tourist Board Luciano Rizzi also spoke at the event.

“We’re delighted that our bond with Napoli is to continue,” he said. “I’ve worked hard to ensure the relationship was extended and I’m happy that we’ve agreed a further three years. We have a great relationship with De Laurentiis and built a similar rapport with Ancelotti last summer – he was very open to us right from the start. We’ve sure that this will be a very positive, fruitful collaboration.”

Finally, Trentino Marketing Director Maurizio Rossini also said a few words.

“For us, it will be a three-week celebration,” he said. “As well as the technical, sporting side of things for Napoli, this is also about the enthusiasm and joy of the fans. The programme will be similar to recent years, with the addition of further initiatives that we’re currently looking into with De Laurentiis. There will be events centred around solidarity as well as plenty of services and facilities for families and children.”