Luciano Spalletti, crowned Italian champion with Naples, confirmed Monday to be "tired" and that he would not train Napoli or another team next season, according to remarks made during a ceremony in Florence. “I need to rest because I feel a little tired, I need to stay a little behind,” said the 64-year-old technician, according to comments reported by Italian media, while receiving an award at the national technical center of Coverciano.
Aurelio De Laurentiis, president and owner of Napoli, announced on Sunday evening that his coach had requested a “sabbatical year”. "I don't know if you can call it a sabbatical year, but I told him that I'm stopping this season, I'm not coaching Napoli or any other team," explained Spalletti, who led the Neapolitan club to his third scudetto, his first since the first two of the Maradona era (1987, 1990).
The coach, present at the foot of Vesuvius since the summer of 2021, will lead his last match on Sunday, during the 38th and last day of Serie A, against Sampdoria Genoa.