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Reporter: The Naples president wants to persuade Conte to stay in office, so he decided to introduce De Bruyne

6:26am, 13 May 2025【Football】

May 10th Italian football reporter Andre Distsas said that the reason why Naples considers introducing De Bruyne is that Chairman De Laurentis hopes to retain coach Conte.

Naples is preparing to make an important investment this summer: the introduction of De Bruyne. Manchester City has announced that it will no longer renew its contract with De Bruyne, and Naples is willing to provide De Bruyne with a two-year contract and has the right to renew it for one year. De Bruyne is currently actively considering Naples' contract, which is a key decision made by De Laurentis. He hopes to show Naples' ambitions for the future and persuade coach Conte to stay in office.

Naples currently leads the Serie A standings with a 3-point advantage and is expected to win the Serie A championship this season. But Conte had previously expressed his dissatisfaction with the team's transfer strategy. Napoli let Osmeen go last summer, and Kvaratshelia was sold at a high price during the winter transfer period, and no replacement was introduced at the winger position. All of these make people wonder whether Naples has the will to improve further.

Sparetti led Naples to win the Serie A championship two years ago, and then he and Chairman De Laurentis fell out and left office. This time, De Laurentis does not want to see another meritorious coach leave, so he hopes to sign an important and famous new player this summer to meet the challenges of the Champions League next season, and De Bruyne is the appropriate target for signing.