In the top two of Serie A, a small tubby Argentine, a tall South American target man, packed out crowds at the San Paolo. No this isn’t a flashback to the late 80’s, it is 2011 and the new face of Napoli.
Join guest writer Paolo Mancini as the Napoli_Blogger preaches from the pulpit on a Neopolitan resurrection.
Much time has passed and plenty of water (players,owners and money for that matter) have flowed under the bridge since Napoli were involved in a Serie A title race.
The last...Read Full Story
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis was furious over the fixture list for the upcoming Serie A season, De Laurentiis stormed away from a televised ceremony announcing the schedule.
Before the start of the ceremony featuring leading officials from each club seated in a semi-circle with two presenters in the middle, De Laurentiis said that the teams involved in European competition should be rewarded with a gentle opening.
Instead, the computer threw up a home match against champions AC...Read Full Story
'Lionel Messi is a cretin', 'English women don't wash', 'I will chop Mazzoni's balls off': the top 10 rants of Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis.Read Full Story
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis is continuing his push for a European Super League. De Laurentiis believes the current European format does not work. He said, “I have said this for some time: we need to create a league in which there are six or seven Italian teams, six or seven German teams and so on participating. Then, since I’m a fundamentalist, say that you take the top teams from the five major footballing countries. “I understand that anyone who seeks to be elected has a more...Read Full Story
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president Aurelio de Laurentiis says he won’t resign.
De Laurentiis stormed out of the ceremony drawing up the Serie A 2011-12 calendar, swearing at other club representatives and declaring he was “ashamed to be Italian.” He then hitched a lift from a passing lad on a scooter to get away from journalists.
“I just wanted to look after the interests of teams competing in Europe and therefore Italian football in general,” the movie mogul insisted.
“How can you say meeting one...Read Full Story
The arrests came one day after Napoli Chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis was interviewed at a Neapolitan Court for about four hours. Despite secrecy surrounding the inquiry, it looks as if De Laurentiis was questioned about scalpers making a killing at each ...
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has refuted claims that his club is up for sale. Reports had been circulating recently that there was a possibility of foreign investment coming into the club in the form of sheikhs. De Laurentiis, however, dismissed ...
Mino Raiola says Hamsik would already be a Milan player, if not for Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis. "I confess, bringing Marek Hamsik to Milan was one of my goals and I was working on it. But De Laurentiis blocked everything, giving an exaggerated ...
Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis insists Lorenzo Insigne is their long-term player. The promising young forward has drawn attention for performances this season in Serie B with Pescara. De Laurentiis said: “I have great appreciation for [Zdenek ...
Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis has no doubts over the long-term success of Eduardo Vargas. Vargas was hooked after 45 minutes in his debut against Cesena last week. De Laurentiis said: “The decision [to sign him] was based on what he did in his homeland.
Mar 17, 1989 - An MGM/UA release of an MGM-Luigi and Aurelio De Laurentiis presentation of a Gordon Co. production. Executive producers Lawrence Gordon, ... Producers Luigi and ...
Aurelio De Laurentiis is one of the most important producers of the Italian film scene. In 1975, he founded Filmauro, which has more than 300 films to its credit in terms of ...
Kaka has accused Manchester City of not having a 'clear idea of what was going on' during transfer negotiations this week. A City delegation, lead by executive chairman Garry Cook, travelled to Milan on Monday night believing that a deal was close ...