I disagree. Having a coach who can give a team an identity, style of play, and do so consistently, is more important, and that is y Napoli performed better than us last season.
I believe Conte is the biggest gamble we will take this summer regardless of who we sign, because unless he brings the above, we will continue to play poor football. It remains to be seen whether he is a lost cause.
Names are not as important to me this summer. Debating whether Bastos is a better option than Vargas, Perotti, etc, whether a 4-3-3 with Vucinic is worth switching to, whether sacrificing Melo for Vidal is a smart move, etc means little unless Conte can get his team to click to like Mazzari does at Napoli, Reja at Lazio, Guidolin at Udinese, all of whom have weaker squads on paper yet play better football.
I disagree about Napoli having a stronger squad. Hamsik, and to a lesser extent Lavezzi, Maggio and Cavani are certainly welcome alternatives over their counterparts at Juventus, but no1 else from their squad last year offers a significant improvement over their direct competition at Juventus.
I can imagine the reaction on Juventuz if Lucarelli was our cover for our top goal scorer, Cannavaro and Aronica were starters in our defense with Grava as backup, Gargano/Blasi/Pazienza/Yebda were starters over Melo/Aquilan/Marchisio, etc, etc.