To win the Scudetto, Inter will have to sweat more than expected, Pierpaolo Marino, former sporting director of Avellino, Roma, Napoli and Udinese, is convinced of this.
Marino spoke live to the microphones of TvPlay to talk about soccer market and the latest January strikes. Focusing on Juve’s signings, the former Napoli sporting director said that Allegri’s men now seem to him to have an advantage in the Scudetto race.
The winter market coup that Marino liked best was that of Baldanzi at Roma. “I think he is really a Roma player,” the former executive commented. “I hope they can close him, because he would be a great shot. He is a fantasist with great technique and can play either as a trequartista or as an under-pointer. I see him well as an advanced midfielder.”
According to Marino, Napoli made a mistake in not closing the purchase of Perez. “Perez is a player I greatly respect, in the last two years at Udinese, with Cioffi first and Sottil later, he was fundamental. Napoli preferred to keep Ostigard but by taking Perez they would have made a very good impression. “
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The former Udinese manager then wanted to explain why, in his opinion, Samardzic failed to move to Inter, last summer, and Napoli, this winter: “Samardzic is a young, serious and mature guy compared to his age. I’m not convinced that by tomorrow night there can be no news…maybe a suitor could come out in extremis. But if he stays he will know how to react well, just as he did in the match with Milan. Believe me: he is an exemplary professional. And I would see him doing well at Juventus. “
For Marino, Juventus is the team with the best chance to win the tricolor, and this is thanks to Allegri’s great work. For the interviewee, Allegri has finally returned to just coaching, and this has made the difference. “Juve has shown that it is alive,” the interviewee continued. “In a season when it does not have its European commitments, it can fight until the end. With the purchase of Alcaraz it has put a nice icing on the cake: it has an extra weapon in midfield. Inter will have to sweat more than expected.”
“In my opinion, Inzaghi will have to work hard to win the Scudetto,” argued the former Napoli and Udinese manager, “because Juve is a team with quality and with Allegri who has shown himself to be a great coach. Last year he was exposed to more managerial commitments than as a coach, now he is back focusing on the field getting the results he had accustomed us to in previous years.”
“I have never spoken with De Laurentiis about the possibility of my return to Napoli,” the interviewee later confessed, recalling that the experience in the Azzurri was very important for him. “I think it was the most beautiful pages of my career: I rebuilt the team and won so much. For me it represents a beautiful memory but by now I think I have given and received everything from that club. I don’t think you can do better. I have no regrets or pressure to accomplish things I have already done. “