Fabrizio Romano confirmed the agreement on Thursday, reporting that Allegri had accepted all conditions offered by Napoli. According to Gianluca Di Marzio, negotiations between the two parties accelerated sharply in the preceding 24 hours, resulting in a two-year deal to succeed Antonio Conte at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
Conte confirmed his departure from Napoli at the end of the season by mutual consent after leading the club to second place in Serie A this term, having won the Scudetto in his debut campaign. His successor at the Maradona was decided quickly, with Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis settling on Allegri as his preferred candidate.
The appointment carries historical resonance. Allegri stepped into the Juventus job in the summer of 2014 precisely when Conte left Turin for the Italy national team, going on to win five consecutive Serie A titles. He now follows the same man out of the door at a different Italian giant.
Allegri was dismissed by Milan alongside sporting director Igli Tare, CEO Giorgio Furlani and technical director Geoffrey Moncada after the club failed to qualify for the Champions League, dropping from third to fifth on the final day after a 2-1 home defeat by Cagliari. He has won the Scudetto previously with both Juventus and AC Milan, and brings the kind of elite experience that Napoli's sporting director Giovanni Manna, who worked with him at Juventus, pushed to bring to the club.
Vincenzo Italiano, the Bologna head coach whose own contract is being terminated by mutual consent, had also been identified as a candidate, with journalist Nicolò Schira reporting that Napoli had reached agreement with both men. The final decision, according to those reports, rested with De Laurentiis — who has come down firmly in Allegri's favour.