Former England manager Fabio Capello compared the situation with Kevin De Bruyne and Scott McTominay at Napoli to his own challenges with Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard.
Scott McTominay and Kevin De Bruyne, Getty Images’The absence of Højlund is a big problem, as is the absence of Rahmani and Lobotka. It’s not easy to find the right balance in midfield without a clearly defined anchor. But this isn’t Conte’s only problem.
Let’s take the defensive phase. I saw incredible mistakes against PSV that Napoli would never have made last season. They need to finally make a decision between Milinković and Meret as the goalkeeper.
The more time passes, the stronger my impression that the coexistence of De Bruyne and McTominay is difficult to implement in practice.
The chemistry between great players is not something that can be taken for granted, I know a bit about that. McTominay and De Bruyne remind me of Gerrard and Lampard in my England team. They were two leaders on the field, and everyone envied us, but in the end, they stepped on each other’s toes,' Capello told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
