Rudi Garcia tenure at Napoli went as expected

After simply over 4 months, Rudi Garcia’s Napoli has now come to an finish, one thing that solely appeared like a matter of time following his arrival, Apollo Heyes notes.

The 59-year-old Frenchman was a shock selection for the Partenopei after Luciano Spalletti’s determination to step away from the job on the finish of final season.

Many coaches had been linked with the job throughout the search in June, with choices together with Luis Enrique, Christophe Galtier, Vincenzo Italiano and Igor Tudor, all of whom appeared much better geared up to take over the league champions than Garcia.

Previous to his arrival at Napoli, the French coach had beforehand spent 9 months in control of Al-Nassr, being dismissed in April of this yr after failing to search out frequent floor with their star man Cristiano Ronaldo.

As soon as upon a time, Garcia was an thrilling up-and-comer after successful the double with Lille within the 2010-11 season. He left the Ligue 1 outfit two years later and had a two-and-a-half-year spell with Roma, the place he failed to duplicate his spectacular work in France.

His profession had been really fizzling out over the previous few years and his poor run at Al-Nassr ought to’ve been an indication that each his concepts are outdated and that he’ll by no means have the ability to recapture that profitable yr with Lille.

Regardless of all of this, De Laurentiis – as he all the time does – determined to go his personal method and make the shock selection, believing the Frenchman could possibly be the best alternative for Spalletti, who had achieved a historic feat within the Campania capital.

Clearly, Garcia wasn’t a good selection. This comes as no shock, least of all to Napoli followers, who couldn’t imagine the appointment. His 16 matches in cost noticed          eight wins, 4 attracts and 4 losses, killing the electrical energy generated of their title-winning season.

After simply over 4 months, Napoli have lastly made the choice we had been all ready for, sacking Garcia. It’s laborious to think about a alternative doing any worse, and best choice Igor Tudor could possibly be the proper man to show issues round on the membership, bringing an finish to an apparent mistake.

Phrases: @ApolloHeyes