Napoli, is Raspadori the answer out wide? Conte sees it differently… | OneFootball

Napoli, but can Raspadori be the solution for the outside? Conte doesn't think so…

"But what if Napoli already had the outside player in the squad?" This is one of the many recurring questions after the failed arrival of Dan Ndoye, who chose the Premier League. The Blues also abandoned the pursuit of the Swiss outside player due to the high costs of the operation.

But, so, can Jack play that role? No. At least Antonio Conte doesn't think so. The Napoli coach was able to compensate - in the last season - for the many absences on the left flank by reinventing himself: by bringing Raspadori closer to the striker and widening McTominay to the left in the 4-4-2. Conte, moreover, in a press conference on February 28, was very clear about Raspadori's role: "From what I see, Jack has the possibility of being a second striker, a trequartista, and can also be an offensive midfielder, with more quality than the three, with a playmaker, a striker, and a half-and-half. He has qualities that allow him to interpret this role of winger, he runs more than 12 kilometers during the game. He's not an outside player, it means putting him in difficulty. I think every coach should try to respect the characteristics of their player. Making him play to give him a treat and putting him on the field, he looks bad, he gets in trouble, and the team can feel the backlash. With the 4-3-3, for me, he was the alternative to Anguissa or McTominay, to raise the quality in the game and have someone with a goal in their blood."

Jack, then, can be a solution. It's true. But as a winger in 4-3-3, as a sub-striker in a 3-5-2, or still alongside one of Lukaku and Lucca in the 4-4-2. But we will hardly see him as an outside player.

Carlo Gioia

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