Aurelio De Laurentiis is silent. And observe. Meanwhile, also meditate on what will be the near future. These are intense days, even for him. His Naples has become a concern, he is so distant from that team that has been able to excite him and, why not ?, even spoil him at certain times. There is a reality, in any case, that does not allow too many digressions. Indeed, it is already projecting it towards the future, when the present is still to be verified. The president is disappointed, he would have expected much more in this period. Certainly he had not imagined that he would find himself, after just 14 days, already out of the scudetto speech and, above all, at least 8 points from the Champions area. Yes, it is true, the eighths of the current edition are close at hand, a draw with Genk will be enough to then find again next February to resume the adventure. But the latest events could send to the air a project he himself set up, meticulously, entrusting it to the most successful coach in the world. Never would have thought that all this could go wrong after just a year and a few months. Instead, there is a present that does not admit mitigating factors: its Naples is in a crisis that seems almost irreversible.

CONCERNS - De Laurentiis has many of them. Those that make it darker are of an economic nature. On the other hand, the economic returns that, in turn, determine the market are linked to the results. If the championship ended now, Napoli would be out of Europe and it would be the first time in 10 years. And staying out of the Europe of the great would mean having to give up 60-70 million of revenues that the Champions has guaranteed him in the last two seasons. Money that he needed to start the new project, to enter the market and hire Manolas, Elmas, Di Lorenzo and the most expensive purchase in his history, or Hirving Lozano, paid together for 50 million euros.