Spalletti in blue, De Laurentiis blocks: "The clause must be paid, a matter of principle"
No exceptions: "We cannot stop in front of the assumption of a million a year for three years"
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis gets in the way of the complex negotiation that should lead Luciano Spalletti to lead the Italian national team.
The Italian champion coach is the first choice for the post-Mancini period, but the FIGC does not want to pay the 3 million penalty to free the coach, who is still tied to Naples for a year by a clause despite the conclusion of the relationship.
A clause thought up by the president of the Campania team to avoid immediately giving Spalletti away to a direct competitor. For this reason, many hoped that De Laurentiis would give up on the demands of the national team.
This is not the case, the president of Napoli wants the three million for a "matter of principle".
«If the choice falls on Spalletti, a great coach with 25 years of experience at a high level, and he is offered 3 million net for three years, one cannot stop in front of the assumption of a gross one million per year to free him from his contractual obligation», says De Laurentiis.
«For Calcio Napoli – he continues – three million is certainly not a lot, and for Aurelio De Laurentiis it is even less. But the question in the present case is not base money, but a question of principle".
(Unioneonline/L)
