"Is Atalanta scary? I wouldn't talk about fear because it doesn't exist in football". Humility but also knowledge of their own strengths. Gasperini doesn't hide and spoke to Il Corriere dello Sport about the coming big match against Napoli: "Napoli have recently had difficulties against us but for that reason they'll be more concentrated than usual. I have good memories about games against Napoli".
Something in common with Sarri: "What we've done is a result of work and sacrifices. We weren't made any present. Could Napoli win the Scudetto? It will be a though race against Juve until the end as they have a machine squad, players who never stop".
From the present to the past, when, a few years ago, he was close to take Napoli's job: "Yes, in 2011 before signing with Inter I've met De Laurentiis in his offices in Rome. What would I do if the Italian federation wanted me to be the national team coach? There has to be something concrete first, you can't talk about this making hypothesis". What's sure is that Atalanta won't change their squad too much in January: "No key player will leave. Compliments to Caldara - he's a mature and strong player, a possible leader for the futur -, Cristante -who plays a bit like Khedira- and Conti, Gagliardini, Kessie -they're still strong even without me-".
