Owner Aurelio De Laurentiis wanted to right some wrongs and signing Conte, as well as making an investment of more than £100m in the summer transfer market, is proving productive.
Osimhen will have left, but Conte has rekindled Di Lorenzo’s confidence. Kvara is in talks for an unused and progressed contract. More importantly, Romelu Lukaku, Billy Gilmour, McTominay and a few others were brought in to improve the team.
Gone are the times of Luciano Spalletti’s magnificent Naples, that is, the time of stability, of successful prices in every sense.
“Conte has ‘juventinized’ Naples: what a mentality,” read one headline. “The Azzurri seek victory without compromise, without following a single path, without being slaves to beauty. It is a change of mentality,” Recreation del Sud wrote.
When Conte first arrived, he was usually cautious to calm expectations, aware that his successful popularity made fans dream, but any other Scudetto given that he won three with Juventus and one at Inter Milan, both sides of leading to Chelsea to the name of the Premier League. .
Keen to highlight how poorly Napoli played the previous season, he highlighted the 48 goals conceded in the league, 27 of which were at home, how they finished tenth in the league and their failure to gain a playing field in Europe .
By underlining the details of his anguish, Conte has not only won the day, but has ensured that if he does, he will be recognized for pulling off a great feat, a minor surprise.
Succeeding in Naples is always complicated, but the coach’s plan revolves around addressing three key reasons. The main one is the mentality, the ‘juventization of Naples’, so to speak.
“What I can promise is seriousness, a word that is often underestimated,” he said.
“Seriousness in giving everything for Naples, in transmitting my culture at work, my mentality.”
Conte is known for strengthening the mentality of a locker room and begins by instilling a serious atmosphere that demands professionalism, intensity and passion at all times.
Napoli must return to working as a collective, a unit that fights for each other, covers ground and remains determined until the end. By fighting together, bonds are forged and success as a team is celebrated.
The fighting mentality has been Napoli’s Achilles heel for several years. Maurizio Sarri highlighted how he admired the fight of the Juve players when fighting against them for the title as Napoli coach, while several journalists wondered if the club would have won the Scudetto under Spalletti if they had been under more pressure and a rival more determined pushing them. until the last day of the season.
Two consecutive 1-0 victories in Serie A have the media taking their hats off. One way or another, Napoli are finding easy ways to pick up wins under Conte and the former Juventus captain and educator is doing well to eliminate the Azzurri’s comfortable underbelly.
