Rudi Garcia is the new coach of Napoli! After a long casting process, club owner Aurelio De Laurentiis chose Luciano Spalletti’s successor.The French coach met De Laurentiis, and after beating off the competition from Paulo Sousa and Christophe Galtier, he took over the bench. For the 59-year-old Garcia, it’s a return to Italy: he coached Roma from 2013 to 2016. Last season he was also Cristiano Ronaldo’s coach at Al-Nassr until he was sacked in April. Few would have expected him to take on such a high-profile job so soon, but here we are.What a downgrade for Napoli. https://t.co/bmQUmeCTGy— Ole Teya (@TeyaKevin) June 15, 2023 De Laurentiis didn’t want to wait for Galtier to become officially free from contract and, despite the media in Italy expecting him to take it slowly, he made the unexpected appointment. Napoli’s owner took to Twitter to say goodbye to Spalletti and welcome the new boss.”I am pleased to announce that, after having known and known him during the last ten days, Mr. Rudi Garcia will be the new coach of Napoli. A sincere welcome to him and a big good luck”.
