Antonio Conte has confirmed he’ll depart Napoli following the membership’s last recreation of the Serie A season on Sunday.
The announcement got here throughout a press convention alongside Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis after the membership’s final-day victory over Udinese.
Conte took cost of Napoli in the summertime of 2024 and guided the membership to a fifth Serie A title in his first season on the helm. The Italian had beforehand received three league titles with Juventus and one other with Inter Milan.
Nonetheless, Napoli have been unable to copy that success this season, finally ending second within the desk, 11 factors behind champions Inter.
Conte opens up on exit
Explaining his departure, Conte admitted tensions had developed throughout the squad and behind the scenes in the course of the marketing campaign.
“After Bologna, I sensed some conditions I didn’t like, and even there, it takes guts to talk your thoughts,” Conte mentioned.
“I’ve by no means been one for mediocre seasons, and I by no means shall be. I used to be even ready to step apart; actually, some new signings didn’t gel with the prevailing squad, and a few very troublesome dynamics had developed that wanted to be addressed.”
The previous Chelsea and Tottenham supervisor mentioned discussions with gamers and membership officers finally satisfied him his cycle at Napoli had reached its conclusion.
“I used to be fortunate sufficient to have a bunch I could possibly be straight with, we sorted issues out, telling one another that we needed to pull collectively, and we set off once more,” Conte added.
“I rang the chairman a month in the past; I didn’t wish to hear the rest and informed him, ‘Given the friendship we share, I really feel that my time right here is coming to an finish.’ The choice was mine.”
