Conte embraces Neres in Napoli but acknowledges rocky beginning

Napoli must recover quickly following their loss to Hellas Verona last weekend.

Conte said, "He has great quality, imagination, good at attacking the space. He can both assist and score. He can play in both the (Matteo) Politano and Kvara (Khvicha Kvaratskhelia) positions. We signed him after a good courtship. He needs time to get used to the mechanisms, but he's a smart boy and he'll come with us with Bologna and we'll see."

Conte also admitted, "I struggle to feel trust in the environment, at a media level, but also rightly so. The second half in Verona took us to last year, but we must have faith in these guys who are respectable and they want to get Napoli back to being competitive. These are the foundations on which to work.

"Last season Bologna finished the championship with fifteen points more than us, in the last match they won at Maradona against Napoli in the counterattacks and one-on-ones, it's a game that will have to be played at 110% on our part."