De Laurentiis: On Rossi, [FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]“We got to know each other on the phone. He was born in America and doesn’t know Naples well, so I explained to him what it means to play for Napoli. He didn’t say no. [/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]That was a month ago and he hasn’t called me back, but I will call him now. I also proposed a transfer in January. Rossi is a nice boy and said he was honoured by this interest."[/FONT]
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On Balotelli,[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular] “I don’t know Balotelli personally, but I’m very fond of him. I love his extremely passionate way of approaching things, even if I think this passion could be developed better elsewhere before he comes here to explode the San Paolo.[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular] When he is capable of expressing his talent to the full, which I find to be extraordinary, then we’ll perhaps step forward for Balotelli.”[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]
Poor man. He thinks his club is important to people other than Neapolitans.
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