Naples, Ancelotti is in the cyclonetra chaos, family node and ghosts

"Geister". In German, "ghosts" are said like this. Because those who are hovering around Carlo Ancelotti are precisely those of Munich, when the coach of Reggiolo saw himself put at the door (more or less politely) by a handful of locker room senators. The gossips speak of a worn-out relationship between Carletto and his players, all dissatisfied with training methods that are not widely shared and above all by the "family-run" management imposed by the coach.READ ALSO Chaos Naples, here is the band of five who broke the blue front

LE CREPE
The players, even when they stop playing and become TV commentators, coaches or just experts, all say the same thing: "The locker room is a sort of sacred temple: what happens there, stays there", yet the facts on Tuesday evening after the draw of the Azzurri against Salzburg they took very little to become public knowledge. A news leak as fast as the wind and that does not allow denials: the players literally refused to go to the retreat and the coach did nothing but take note of them. Carletto and his staff did not disobey the presidential decisions and spent Tuesday night at Castel Volturno, but although he was the leader – calm – of the locker room, he failed to impose the corporate line. A gesture of weakness: this is how the most cynical interpreted it, who saw in the strong decision of the players a beautiful and good de-legitimization of the coach's authority. But that the relationship between Ancelotti and the group did not enjoy good health had begun to be perceived for some time. The first evident signal in Genk last October 2 with the double exclusion – contemporary – of Insigne (the captain) and Ghoulam (despite the poverty of full-backs due to injuries). A firm gesture to show the group the leadership that evidently was already getting out of hand.

PROBLEMS
But beyond the sentences of the front, of the digs and of the "volemose well" so much heralded by the coach and the players, the relationship between the parties has never appeared solid. Among the responsibilities credited to King Charles, that of the excess of power granted to his staff, considered little ready and not up to the situation by the players. Davide Ancelotti – 30 years – does not seem to have ever convinced as a real vice coach. Not so much for the chronological age, but for the fact that its credibility has always been undermined by that surname so heavy. His career, on the other hand, was not founded on the ranks, but on the opportunities that his father Carlo served him by inserting him in his staff. And in this sense it does not seem to be a coincidence that the same problems as Carlo a in Naples also reached Monaco, the first real experience of Davide as his father's assistant coach. What's more, then, the presence of Mino Fulco (son-in-law of the coach) and Francesco Mauri (son of the historic trainer of Carletto and great friend of Davide) contributes to making the Ancelotti clan ever more present and unpopular with good part of the locker room that more than once had some contrast with the staff.

THE FUTURE
Now, however, everything passes into the hands of Ancelotti who will never have to prove that he is truly King Charles. You don't become a calm leader by accident and now it's time to pull out the attributes. During a lecture last year at the Vanvitelli University on the management of the group (which by all accounts represents the highlight of Ancelotti's repertoire), the Napoli coach did not make words: "We need to have credibility when we talk: the difficult time in Naples has not yet arrived, but it will come. Whenever it happens in general the presidents call me and tell me you have to use the whip. I always replied that they had the wrong address: it is not in my heart to have an authoritarian attitude. If I use the whip I'm not credible ", to add. "I've always told my players: I don't want executors of orders, those are soldiers. But we have to play football, not make war ". And now? Ancelotti's contract with Napoli expires in 2021, but this may be the most important season. In May with De Laurentiis we will begin to sum up and only then will we be able to clarify what will be the future of the coach who, despite some indiscretion without a filtered foundation, remains firmly at the helm of Naples. Meanwhile he wore the Ghostbusters suit: the ghost hunt has just begun. Last updated at 12:45 © REPRODUCTION RESERVED