{"id":189280,"date":"2026-07-03T03:44:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189280"},"modified":"2026-07-03T03:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:14:19","slug":"massimiliano-allegri-named-napoli-coach-on-three-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189280","title":{"rendered":"Massimiliano Allegri named Napoli coach on three-year contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71177927\">Serie A runner-up Napoli officially appointed Massimiliano Allegri as its new head coach on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment had been expected for weeks after Antonio Conte confirmed at the end of May that he would leave Napoli, while AC Milan parted ways with Allegri following what the club described as \u201can unequivocal failure\u201d of a season.<\/p>\n<p>Allegri has signed a three-year contract with Napoli.<\/p>\n<p>The 58-year-old led Milan to the Serie A title in 2011 during his first spell in charge of the Rossoneri. He later enjoyed a trophy-laden tenure at Juventus, winning five league titles and as many Italian Cup trophies.<\/p>\n<p>Allegri returned to Milan last year with the task of guiding the club back to the Champions League after it had finished eighth in Serie A the previous season.<\/p>\n<p>Despite spending much of the campaign in the top two and challenging for the title, Milan won only two of its final eight matches. The late slump saw the Rossoneri drop to fifth place on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Napoli, meanwhile, finished second despite being plagued by injury problems throughout the campaign. Conte had guided the club to the Serie A title in the previous season, his first year in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Conte is now among the leading candidates to take charge of the Italian national team, a role he previously held from 2014 to 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 03, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/napoli-appoints-massimiliano-allegri-head-coach-three-year-contract\/article71177927.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serie A runner-up Napoli officially appointed Massimiliano Allegri as its new head coach on Friday. The appointment had been expected for weeks after Antonio Conte confirmed at the end of May that he would leave Napoli, while AC Milan parted ways with Allegri following what the club described as \u201can unequivocal failure\u201d of a season. &#8230; <a title=\"Massimiliano Allegri named Napoli coach on three-year contract\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=189280\" aria-label=\"Read more about Massimiliano Allegri named Napoli coach on three-year contract\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":189281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Soccer_Napoli-Allegri_72464.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175726,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=175726","url_meta":{"origin":189280,"position":0},"title":"Andrew Flintoff unveiled as Sydney Thunder head coach","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Former English all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was on Tuesday unveiled as the men\u2019s head coach of Big Bash League side Sydney Thunder. 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