Pierpaolo Marino has spoken of his time as sports director at Napoli.

Marino admits his relationship with president Aurelio de Laurentiis could proving testing.

“I had five wonderful years there, but then the club owner decided he wanted to be a manager and Coach too," Marino told Tuttosport.

“De Laurentiis got me to sign a new five-year contract with bonus for all I had done. Then we went to play Inter in September 2009 and all hell broke loose…

“The President had already started making decisions without consulting me, such as hiring Roberto Donadoni. We were 2-0 down at half-time at San Siro, so De Laurentiis bursts into the dressing room and shouts: 'Coach, take Morgan De Sanctis off right now and let Iezzo play! And you, Marino, how could you sign someone like De Sanctis?'

“This all happened in front of the players, me, Donadoni who signalled not to answer back in order to avoid further problems.

“Donadoni did not substitute the goalkeeper, we ended up losing 2-1, but at the end of the game I handed in my resignation."