Rudi Garcia appears to have had his longest stint as manager of Napoli. Chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis has already made the decision to dismiss him, it's just a matter of waiting for the announcement to be made.
Napoli was the proud champion of Italy last season, but this season's results are disappointing, even though top players like Victor Osimhen and Chvitsja Kvaratschelia stayed onboard. Garcia has struggled to get things going: he has already lost two of the eight matches and drawn two.
According to Il Mattino and La Repubblica, De Laurentiis has already made the decision to show Garcia the door. He will soon make his coach a termination proposal, it is said. Antonio Conte is mentioned as a possible successor, but it could also be Igor Tudor. The announcement of the Garcia news will follow when Napoli has agreed with a successor, but his departure is certain according to media in Italy.
'It is now difficult with him,' De Laurentiis said earlier this week about Garcia. 'After all, I am also an entrepreneur, of course I look critically and with interest at what is happening in my company. The coach and sporting director are ultimately just employees to me. I will make the right decisions at the right time. I do not want to be influenced by outsiders. Every rushed decision is a wrong decision.'
