Napoli chief Manna on Supercoppa, fresh Mainoo and Raspadori report

Napoli director Giovanni Manna and coach Antonio Conte

Napoli director of sport Giovanni Manna shrugs off Kobbie Mainoo and Giacomo Raspadori updates, assuring they’re ‘doing very properly’ forward of the Supercoppa with AC Milan.

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The Supercoppa Italiana Closing 4 format means tonight a winner is set after 90 minutes or on a penalty shoot-out, with out requiring additional time.

Whoever wins this goes on to face both Bologna or Inter within the Closing on Monday.

Manna on Napoli points

There are fairly just a few modifications within the Napoli aspect going into this sport, with the same old absentee checklist of Kevin De Bruyne, Alex Meret, Billy Gilmour and Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa.

At the least Romelu Lukaku is again on the bench for the primary time since tearing a muscle throughout a pre-season pleasant in August.

“We’re so comfortable Lukaku is again within the squad, however he isn’t but in a situation to play. He has character, we’ll see how he improves over the subsequent few weeks, after which we’ll see,” Manna advised Sport Mediaset.

There have been studies right this moment from Sky Sports activities UK that Manchester United haven’t any intention of letting Kobbie Mainoo go on mortgage in January, and can solely settle for an ‘distinctive’ provide to promote. With that in thoughts, are Napoli nonetheless assured they will signal the midfielder?

“I at all times stated we should mirror on the January switch window, as there are essential gamers out and ultimately they may return. So we’ll wait and see what occurs over the subsequent few weeks,” responded Manna with a shrug.

There are additionally quite a few studies that Giacomo Raspadori will return to Serie A for Roma, simply six months after leaving Napoli for Atletico Madrid. Would that shock Manna?

“He’s a participant who gave so much to Napoli, Napoli gave so much to him, he made a selection and we supported him in it. Personally, I don’t suppose he’ll depart Atletico Madrid. Personally.”

The Partenopei have a tough environment within the build-up to this match, as they misplaced back-to-back fixtures in opposition to Benfica within the Champions League and Udinese in Serie A.

Antonio Conte had lashed out within the media final time that they had these setbacks, so is the state of affairs calmer on this event?

“We by no means had inner issues, I don’t really feel Conte ever sparked controversy, he was simply sounding the alarm. We had two defeats after a spell the place we had a collection of victories in head-to-head clashes, so with the squad slightly restricted in choices and so many massive video games, some fatigue is physiologically inevitable,” assured Manna.

“The crew is doing very properly, we’re assured in what we’re doing and what the coach is doing.”

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