Eight days: that’s the time it took Aurelio Di Lorentiis before criticizing his coach in front of the press. Invited to a round table by a Roman university, he spoke after Napoli’s defeat against Fiorentina (1-3) and that earlier in the week against Real Madrid, in the Champions League (2-3) . “I’m having a bad time with him. I am an entrepreneur, I have a duty to take an interest in my business.” Before calming things down regarding a possible dismissal: “I will make the most appropriate decisions when the time comes. Any hasty decision is bad. If Rudi Garcia is not yet in the hot seat, the pressure is still starting to be felt.

De Laurentiis also admitted that Garcia was not originally his first choice: “I had asked Thiago Motta, but he did not consider the risk of having to take the place of a coach who what he did. I called Luis Enrique and it’s a good thing he’s gone to France, look what he’s doing. Yes, I called several names. Rudi Garcia was therefore not at the top of the list, and the Neapolitan president already seems close to regretting his choice: “When you take a coach who no longer knows Italian football (the Frenchman coached AS Roma between 2013- 2016), maybe he’s struggling, but it could have happened to someone else.” One thing seems certain, the matches after the international break will be decisive for the future of the French coach.