[Fillipo Simone]

Serie A 2007/08 - Week 18

Milan vs. Napoli

Sunday, January 13, 2008

14:00 (UK); 15:00 (IT)

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[Rossoneri7]

We Hope To Sign Messi Or Ronaldinho – Napoli


Napoli sporting director Pierpaolo Marino has revealed that the club hopes to sign either Lionel Messi or Ronaldinho in the future.


Messi & Ronaldinho

During the 1980s Napoli were the pride of the South. A country dominated by the powerful, industrial, and sometimes racist north, southern teams historically never stood a chance of competing with the likes of Juventus, Inter and Milan.

This changed with Napoli, as led by the legendary Diego Maradona, they roared to the Scudetto in 1987 and 1990.

Since the time of the little Argentine, the Partenopei have endured a fall from grace, yo-yoing between the top divisions, going bankrupt, and never looking like challenging for the top honours again.

However film-producer and new-president Aurelio De Laurentiis has recently re-founded the club and with the club in seventh position on their return to Serie A this season there are high hopes that the glory days of the 1980s may return.

“The club has a project,” Marino told Radio Marte.

“In the future, who knows, maybe one day the President will sign Messi or Ronaldinho.

“I am telling all Neapolitans – De Laurentiis sooner or later will realise your dreams.”

Milan

This Sunday the Azzurri travel to San Siro to face Milan, and Marino remembers the classic matches in the 80s between Maradona’s Napoli and the Milan of Van Basten, Rijkaard and Gullit.

“It will be a difficult and fascinating game, in which Pato, a player of whom great things have been said about, will make his debut,” Marino explained.
“I remember with pleasure the battles that Maradona had with them in the 80s for the title.”

Goal.com



I don't think he means it literally, 'Ronaldinho or Messi' ... But I sure would love to see Napoli back (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/cry.gif) ... Except it wont be the same Napoli (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)