Antonio Conte's Strained Relationship With Napoli Owner Might Result In End Of Stint

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Last Updated:May 24, 2025, 09:04 IST

Antonio Conte has led Napoli to the Serie A title, but his aboriginal is uncertain due to the fact that of tensions with proprietor Aurelio De Laurentiis.

Antonio Conte hasn't had a large narration with Napoli's proprietor (Picture credit: AP)

Italy’s Antonio Conte has pulled Napoli backmost from the brink and restored them to the apical of the Serie A, but his aboriginal with the squad remains uncertain contempt a palmy season. Napoli lifted the rubric for conscionable the 4th clip successful their history, but each mightiness not beryllium good successful the backroom.

Conte has gone past pre-season expectations and solidified his estimation arsenic a accordant victor by starring Napoli to the title, their 2nd successful 3 seasons.

Unfortunately, Conte mightiness permission this summertime aft lone 1 season, arsenic his strained narration with the squad proprietor Aurelio De Laurentiis has kept flaring up passim the season.

Conte has expressed his dissatisfaction with however De Laurentiis, known for his problematic relationships with the managers, runs Napoli during the important last weeks of the rubric race.

Conte has said that if the squad doesn’t conscionable his expectations successful the summer, with the much challenging Champions League run ahead, helium volition see leaving.

“You person to unrecorded successful the present… the radical privation to triumph and are ambitious. I’m unfastened to everything, but we request to spot wherever we are," Conte had said successful April.

The Italian manager took complaint successful 2024 with the squad reeling from the worst Serie A rubric defence successful past and the stars of that win, striker Victor Osimhen and winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, looking to leave.

Conte moulded the squad successful his image, with striker Romelu Lukaku and midfielder Scott McTominay his stand-out footballers aft arriving from Chelsea and Manchester United past August.

Conte was already irritated astatine a deficiency of reinforcement successful the archetypal weeks of his tenure, and the squad had played 2 league games by the clip Lukaku and McTominay were signed.

“I’m blessed successful Naples, and I’m moving for fans who springiness maine thing emotionally. That’s precise important. But you cognize that whoever hires maine knows that I bring with maine expectations," Conte had said.

“People prosecute maine and deliberation ‘you person to decorativeness archetypal oregon second, adjacent if you finished 10th the twelvemonth before, and you person to combat for the title, qualifying for Europe isn’t enough," Conte added.

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