Napoli president De Laurentiis to El Pais"I once tried to hire Allegri"

With the big match against Real Madrid looming, Napoli has been in the spotlight. The partenopei's president Aurelio De Laurentiis spoke to El Pais about choices with managers in recent years:"Benitez? A great manager although he confuses English football with the Italian and Spanish one, that's his defect. Do I pick the coaches? Of course, I picked Benitez with the sporting director, although in that period I wanted Massimiliano Allegri. I liked the way he managed Milan a lot. He told me he wanted to wait. So I went to London to talk to Benitez and I liked him a lot, he was like a Neapolitan. Then I returned to Rome and Allegri told me "now I can" but it was too late"