Arrigo Sacchi is convinced that Napoli has already won the Scudetto, and this comes across in the interview he gave to Il Mattino:
“It was an impossible feat, and he made it possible. I believe that, apart from Antonio, no one really thought he could make it all the way. He succeeded because he doesn't think he's a phenomenon, he knows that only work is at the base of every achievement. And what matters is to explain to your players that the premise of failure is feeling like you've already arrived.”
Are the games already done now? Sacchi answered:
“I feel sorry for Inzaghi, but the aggression and pride I see in Conte’s playbook I don't see in his Inter lately. And then that McTominay... damn it: only Antonio could make someone coming from Manchester United want to improve himself.”
On Antonio Conte, who has been linked with a Milan move in the past:
“But he’ll stay, why should he go elsewhere? For me, the best is yet to come at Napoli. And only he can manage to make the club take another step up.”
Maybe they’ll call you to convince him, Sacchi commented:
“Better not. Marotta did that when they were at Juventus, he asked me to make him change his mind because he had dug in his heels after being denied a player he absolutely wanted. I tried, but in the end, he left anyway and didn’t listen to me. Because Antonio is tough: if he gets something in his head, he won’t change his mind for anything in the world. But it seems to me that he wanted Napoli just as much as Napoli wanted him. I don’t think the relationship will end so soon.”
