Kevin De Bruyne’s Italian job has hit another early snag.
The Manchester City and Premier League legend joined Serie A champions Napoli for free in the summer and a rocky start has had an exclamation point put on it by a club legend.
De Bruyne thought he had Napoli on the comeback trail, but Conte hauled him soon after his penalty during last weekend’s defeat at AC MilanGetty CBSDe Bruyne’s reaction to his latest sub hasn’t got down well with Conte or one of the club’s legendary directors[/caption]De Bruyne has been taken off early in Napoli’s last two defeats, and the most recent one saw him express his disgust towards Antonio Conte in front of a global audience.
The Belgian scored a penalty in the 60th minute of a 2-1 defeat to Milan but was taken off 12 minutes later, and his resulting sulk has not only upset Conte.
Speaking on a podcast, legendary Napoli sporting and technical director Pierpaolo Marino didn’t hold back in his critique.
“At the moment, Napoli’s problem is De Bruyne,” he said.
“He makes Napoli predictable, he’s stepping on [Scott] McTominay’s toes. The problem is huge.
“Kevin even contests the substitution, because he is convinced that he also makes a great contribution.
“He only made an impression by taking penalties, but we don’t need a player of that calibre for that.”
De Bruyne’s difficult Napoli start
De Bruyne has three goals in Napoli’s blue, with two of them from the spot.
However, tensions appear to have increased between himself and Conte since he faced former side City in Europe.
Giovanni Di Lorenzo saw red inside 21 minutes during that 2-0 defeat, and De Bruyne was sacrificed five minutes later to rebalance the side.
It was the second time in three matches that Conte had taken De Bruyne off earlyGetty Even with his penalty, the Belgian had a tough day against the legendary Luka ModricGettyConte was apologetic to his new star post-match, saying: “It was the only thing I could do. I felt sorry for the boy, who we robbed of the satisfaction of playing against his old club.
“But I also robbed myself of the chance to count on him. I’m sorry, these are games where a sending off ruins them and you can’t do the exact right thing.”
De Bruyne played 90 minutes next time out in a 3-2 win over Pisa, but against Milan he deemed his substitution too early, and Conte was far less apologetic given the midfielder’s sulky reaction.
“I hope De Bruyne was upset about the substitution because of the result, because otherwise he’s got the wrong guy,” the Italian said post-match.
“I tried to bring in fresh players for one-on-one situations, given that Milan were closing down a lot. I replaced (Rasmus) Hojlund with (Lorenzo) Lucca.
“There’s not much to say, I think the substitutions were the right ones.”
The often terrifying Conte sent De Bruyne an ominous warningGettyYet Milan saw out the win, ending Napoli’s 16-game unbeaten streak heading back into last season and shining a light on De Bruyne’s lack of form.
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