Napoli retained the same manager since March, making them the only top-eight 2024/25 Serie A side without a managerial change. Antonio Conte regards the reigning champions as a work in progress and believes managerial continuity could aid a bid for successive titles. Inter enter the season as second favourites after a close Scudetto race under Simone Inzaghi, who left following a Champions League final defeat. The transfer window featured major outbound moves including Victor Osimhen to Galatasaray and Mateo Retegui to Al-Qadsiah, high-profile signings such as Kevin De Bruyne for Napoli, and several managerial shifts across Serie A clubs.
Despite their revolving door this summer, Napoli have the distinction of being the only team of last season's top eight in Italy not to have switched manager since March. Antonio Conte thinks the reigning champions are a work in progress but their relative managerial stability could help his bid to earn successive titles for the first time since winning three in a row with Juventus between 2012 and 2014.
Last season's runaway top scorer, Mateo Retegui, has moved from Atalanta to Saudi side Al-Qadsiah for more than £56m, and the winner of the best midfielder award, Tijjani Reijnders, has already impressed at Manchester City after costing £46.5m from Milan, who have gone some way to replacing him by paying Brugge around £33.8m for Ardon Jashari and Torino £21.6m for Samuele Ricci.
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