Allegri to Napoli is official: signed until 2029

Massimiliano Allegri is officially Napoli's new head coach: he has signed a contract until 2029. It closes a saga reported for days by the leading sources, following the termination of his Milan contract.

The wait is over: on 3 July Massimiliano Allegri became officially the new coach of Napoli. It was announced by Calciomercato.com and Eurosport, who report a contract signed until 2029; the day's live blogs from Fanpage and Corriere della Sera opened precisely with the manager's official arrival at the azzurri.

The white smoke had been in the air for days. On 29 June Sky Sport placed Allegri one step from Napoli, with the termination of his Milan contract on the agenda and, straight afterwards, the signing with the Naples club. Sportmediaset was on the same line, describing a countdown already under way for 'Max's goodbye to the Rossoneri.

The sporting project had begun to take shape even earlier. Back on 24 June La Gazzetta dello Sport wrote that Allegri's first choice in goal was Vicario, with Meret and Milinkovic-Savic among the possible departures: signs that the new azzurri era was being built around the coach's ideas.

The decisive step, as the sources told it, was contractual in nature: first Allegri had to free himself from Milan through the release, then tie himself to Napoli. Once that knot was untied, the operation was completed on the formal level too, with the signature on the contract until 2029.

With the coach now official, Napoli are working on the squad. Corriere dello Sport and Mundo Napoli point to Mario Gila as the number one target for the defence - with Milan, according to Sky Sport, making a surprise move - while for the goalkeeper Corriere dello Sport mentions Restes. The figures of Allegri's salary have not been communicated by the sources: the only certain detail is the contract's length, until 2029.

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