ADL promises Napoli 'changes'

By Football Italia staff

Aurelio De Laurentiis has promised ‘two or three major changes’ at Napoli this summer and claimed that Inter, Milan and Juventus all wanted Marek Hamsik.

Napoli are preparing for life after Hamsik, who is heading to China after 12 years at the San Paolo, and De Laurenttis confirmed Carlo Ancelotti would be given funds to remould his squad.

“We kept him tight all these years,” the President told reporters in Zurich.

“Moratti wanted him, Allegri wanted him, both when he was at Milan and now at Juventus.

“He told me about China last summer. I replied I understood but also that there was a new Coach and I had to figure out how things would be organised.

“It will be an ‘Ancelotti-esque’ summer. When he arrived he couldn’t revolutionise everything, but there will be two or three major changes.”

De Laurentiis then expressed his thoughts on paying out a bonus in the event his Partenopei players won the Europa League…

“Here we have lads who earn €12m gross a year. Do they need a further incentive?” asked the movie mogul.

“This competition has become very important. UEFA has understood that it couldn’t maximise its returns with only the Champions League.

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