Naples Chairman De Laurentis attended the team's summer training press conference. The Blue-jeans team began to prepare for the new season. They will start summer training in two traditional training sites, Di Maro and Castel di Sangro. The chairman reviewed his performance last season and also talked about the upcoming De Bruyne.
"Last season has been developing very smoothly. Don't forget Conte's outstanding ability: he always deals with all emergencies, and this kind of incident is especially frequent last season." After Conte decided to stay in the team, the two had a harmonious relationship, and the chairman continued, "He always controls the situation and solves every problem that we might have struggled to solve before. It is his credit for us to win the league title. Some people will say: ‘Ah, but the teams this year are all very weak.’ Nonsense! This is a sacred and powerful league, and all teams have been strengthened: Bologna, Lazio and Roma, who has been reborn since Ranieri's acceptance. ”
Someone pointed out that the points of this year's Serie A champion are much lower than those in previous years, and de Laurentis said: “The points cannot be explained in all. I have also watched other European leagues and I have not seen very high scores. Let's not forget, Football data institutions have not realized that football has entered a crisis. If the Premier League, the richest league in the world, loses 750 million euros per year, it means there is a problem in this system. If you can lead the second place in a certain league by more than 20 points, it means there is a problem. I have said that the football congress should be held to explain to everyone: We play football not to play circuses for others."
Regarding the upcoming De Bruyne, the chairman said: " This operation was born three months ago, but this is not the most important signing. De Bruyne is a superstar, we all know, but his age is there. We know very well that he is a puzzle piece by piece of team that must strengthen the team, because we have to deal with four events in the new season: the league, the Italian Cup, the Super Cup and the Champions League. So we will buy a lot of people."
Finally, De Laurentis was asked about the transfer market: "Don't ask who we will buy, we should help the team that will start training. We are the only club that does not go overseas to train, but can still attract fans to the mountain training ground. You ask some serious questions, there are many things we have to say. The transfer window has begun, and we didn't know anything a month ago. You reporters write every day that we want to buy 50 players. These news makes me laugh, as if all the players in the market are from Naples."