Gennaro Gattuso insists the 6-0 result did not accurately reflect Napoli’s performance against Genoa and they ‘must improve the balance.’

The Partenopei were utterly dominant, yet the coach was eager to downplay their achievements.

“This result is very harsh and does not reflect the game,” insisted Gattuso on Sky Sport Italia.

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Napoli reportedly consider signing Inter midfielder Matias Vecino, who will be back from injury in November.

Il Corriere dello Sport reports Gennaro Gattuso wants the Uruguayan midfielder at the San Paolo this summer and the 29-year-old could be up for grabs.

He is currently recovering from injury reports suggested he would be dropped from the Champions League, since he won’t return to the pitch until November.

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Milan midfielder Franck Kessie has impressed under coach Stefano Pioli and could be rewarded with a new deal at San Siro.

The former Atalanta midfielder has expressed his will to continue with the Rossoneri, amid links to Napoli in recent transfer markets.

Kessie arrived in July 2017 and Calciomercato.com reveals former Milan coach Gennaro Gattuso specifically asked Napoli to get him Kessie.

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Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso said ‘it’s still not football’, despite having 1,000 fans in the stands at the Ennio Tardini against Parma.

The Italian government agreed to reopen stadiums for 1,000 spectators but the Partenopei coach said it ‘doesn’t change anything’.

“It’s still a different sport,” Gattuso said at a press conference. “1,000 or no one doesn’t change anything.

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Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso praised Victor Osimhen after his inspiring debut in the 2-0 win against Parma. ‘He has a great attitude’

The Nigerian came on to completely change the game for the Partenopei, who had struggled to break through the Parma defence in the first 60 minutes of the match.

“It’s not about numbers, but the principles of football,” Gattuso told DAZN.

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La Repubblica reports Napoli forward Arkadiusz Milik did not participate in group training yesterday and seems set for a move to Roma this month.

Since Milik asked to leave the Partenopei, coach Gennaro Gattuso has turned his attention elsewhere and excluded the Poland international from the pre-season friendlies.

The newspaper reveals he trained alone yesterday and is only waiting to complete his move away from the San Paolo, with Roma pushing to complete a deal with the Azzurri.

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Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo has been voted sexiest coach in Serie A, followed by Cagliari’s Eusebio Di Francesco and Pippo Inzaghi of Benevento.

The survey was held by a dating site in Italy, called Joyclub, which created the ranking of Italy’s tastiest top flight tacticians.

Pirlo hasn’t even overseen his first match yet, but the 41-year-old’s suave charm and fulsome beard have already won over the ladies with 23 per cent of them voting for him as Serie A’s sexiest coach.

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Sandro Tonali admits he ‘closed all the other doors, as I had to go to Milan’ and follow the footsteps of idols Gennaro Gattuso, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paolo Maldini.

The 20-year-old had been on the verge of joining their arch-rivals Inter, but as soon as the Rossoneri stepped forward to match the offer, he jumped at the chance.

“More or less everyone supports Milan where I’m from, including my father, who passed that passion on to me as a kid,” revealed Tonali in his press conference.

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Napoli’s pre-season friendly with Sporting CP was cancelled due to three COVID cases in the Portuguese side, after they’d already flown to Lisbon.

The game was meant to be played on Sunday evening, but was scrapped with just hours to spare.

According to Tuttosport, the news of the cancellation and the three positive cases within the Sporting squad didn’t reach the Napoli team until they’d already landed at the airport in Lisbon.

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Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso confirms Arkadiusz Milik is out of the squad, but ‘Kalidou Koulibaly won’t leave unless the club gets his asking price.’

Milik was left out of today’s 4-0 friendly win over Pescara amid negotiations with Roma, Juventus and Tottenham Hotspur.

“We were very clear with Milik last year, we told him that he had to renew his contract, but he refused to do so and knows our view on this,” Gattuso told Sky Sport Italia.

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