Zio Aurelio
By: Joe | September 4th, 2007Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentis’ place among Napoletanos is already secure. No matter what happens during the rest of his tenure, De Laurentis will be remembered as the man who restored S.S.C. Napoli from the ashes. Four short years ago De Laurentis purchased Napoli after they were declared bankrupt with €70 million in debt, relegated to Serie C1 and sufferred the indignity of having their very name stripped and pressed on with the oddly-American sounding “Napoli Soccer.*”
The nephew of Dino De Laurentis and a successful movie producer in his own right, Aurelio literally rebuilt the squad: front office, athletic equipment, media personnel,
coaches and players all had to be acquired in the frantic summer of 2004. The following eventful years saw Napoli miss out on promotion in a playoff loss to neighboring Avellino, two successive promotions bringing them up to Serie A from Italy’s third division. So coming off a pounding against Udinese, the likes of which hadn’t been seen since 1929, Aurelio must have felt proud. Apparently he also felt like getting some things off his chest.
De Laurentis gave an ”interview” on Sky Sports shortly after the Udinese drubbing. It turns out Aurelio was not very pleased with the “ratings” the Sky Sports pundits gave Napoli’s calciomercato signings. De Laurentis said words are cheap and that in his film experience he’s learned to keep his mouth shut about things he doesn’t know. Well, they’re pundits. Does anyone take them seriously?
After splashing almost €24 million this offseason, Zio Aurelio felt he deserved some love. In fact, the figure was the sixth highest in Italy behind Juventus €57 million (!), Roma €34, Inter €32, Milan €28 and Fiorentina €27.
No wonder the city loves the man. He has a passion which borders on obsession, he’s loaded, he’s successful and he always dresses per fara una bel figura. The video is priceless. Ti amo, Aurelio.
* Lega Calcio allowed Napoli to once again use the Societa Sportiva Calcio Napoli name in 2005.
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Don’t forget about his niece Giada. I’d like to stuff her pie.
sorry.
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A woman with a great cleavage who insists on drinking wine while she’s cooking? No need to apologize.
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