Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso on Thursday furiously dismissed talk about his future as the Italian Cup holders advanced to the semi-finals w...
Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso on Thursday furiously dismissed talk about his future as the Italian Cup holders advanced to the semi-finals with a 4-2 win over Spezia.
“It really bugs me that every time I’m systematically asked if I intend to resign,” Gattuso told journalists after his side advanced to meet Atalanta. “I don’t understand why others aren’t always asked this question.”
Gattuso was under fire after losing the Italian Super Cup to Juventus and a 3-1 league defeat to Hellas Verona last weekend, with the club sixth in Serie A with a game in hand.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis said the 43-year-old Gattuso had his “full confidence”.
“(De Laurentiis) spoke to the team and reassured me, but there is nothing to reassure,” continued the former AC Milan coach.
“I am calm, I don’t need trust and I don’t want to hear questions about resignation. I resigned at Milan but because I thought I couldn’t do more. I’m not resigning. My staff and I give our blood from morning to night. But I don’t get depressed, I’m a badass man. If I get any more irritated, I’ll go coach in Kuwait or something.”
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