ADL plans Napoli stadium

By Football Italia staff

Aurelio De Laurentiis confirmed Edy Reja is returning to work with the Napoli youth team and he is purchasing land for a new stadium.

The President spoke to both the Corriere dello Sport and Gazzetta dello Sport to outline future plans for his club.

“Reja is returning with us and with Gianluca Grava he’ll be in charge of the youth academy. It is always said that the northern clubs come and poach our local talent, but now we hope to find them first.”

De Laurentiis intends to invest in the infrastructure of the Partenopei and make them a more modern outfit.

“We have started restructuring the Castel Volturno training ground and you’ll see the changes when it is completed. The intention would be to have 12 training pitches, based on the Manchester City model. I sent our architects to study it.

“We would have hotels, offices, the youth academy. Meanwhile, the main team would remain at Castel Volturno.

“I also signed a deal with a specialist company to find 100 hectares of land to purchase. The stadium would hold 30,000, but also be suitable to entertainment events.

“All of this takes time and there is bureaucracy to deal with, but I’d love to conclude the process within three years. That is why we’re being very careful with the planning and finding the right destination to avoid red tape issues.

“It would be too complicated to build it within the Naples limits, but we have chosen an area close to a train station.”

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