De Laurentiis admits he’d let Conte become Italy national team coach
De Laurentiis admits he’d let Conte become Italy national team coach Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis admits he’d allow Antonio Conte to become the Italy national team coach and backs Giovanni Malagò to become the new FIGC President: ‘The perfect person. ’ Napoli President De Laurentiis admits he’s open to letting Conte leave at the end of the season to become the Italy national team coach. “If Antonio asked me, I think I’d say yes,” De Laurentiis told reporters (via Gazzetta ) in Los Angeles, where the documentary on Napoli’s fourth Scudetto premiered on Monday.
“But given that he [Conte] is very intelligent, until there isn’t a serious interlocutor and, until now, there haven’t been many, he’d resist imagining himself as the chief of something that is entirely disorganised,” ADL added. Conte has emerged as one of the leading candidates to become the new Italy national team coach. However, the FIGC won’t hire a replacement for Gennaro Gattuso until the end of June, given that a new President will be elected on June 22.
VERONA, ITALY – FEBRUARY 28: Antonio Conte head coach of SSC Napoli during the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and SSC Napoli at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on February 28, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images) FIGC President Gabriele Gravina resigned following Italy’s World Cup play-off elimination last week, and so did coach Gattuso. The Azzurri will play two friendly games in June and will be led by a caretaker coach, likely Silvio Baldini, for those matches.
NAPLES, ITALY – MAY 26: Aurelio De Laurentiis, President of SSC Napoli, celebrates the victory of Serie A TIM during the SSC Napoli Trophy Parade on May 26, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images) De Laurentiis also confirmed Giovanni Malagò is his favourite candidate to become the new FIGC President. “He’s the perfect person to first serve as a commissioner and then as the President of a new Federation,” concluded the Napoli owner.