Napoli coach Antonio Conte has confirmed Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has requested to go away the membership amid reported curiosity from Premier League leaders Liverpool and Ligue 1 leaders Paris Saint-Germain.
Kvaratskhelia, who received the Serie A title with Napoli in 2023, has a contract that runs till 2027 however progress has not been made in extending that deal this season.
Talking in a information convention forward of Napoli’s Serie A recreation in opposition to Verona on Sunday, Conte expressed his disappointment concerning the 23-year-old doubtlessly leaving the Serie A leaders this month.
“I’ve by no means hidden away from uncomfortable questions. If I communicate, I will inform the reality, in any other case I want to remain quiet, I do not inform lies,” Conte mentioned.
“We’re speaking about an essential participant. A participant who was already attributable to go away in the summertime. I additionally needed to have technical certainties. High quality is required along with the work I demanded, in addition to the affirmation of sure gamers, together with Khvicha, who, as you realize, had requested to be bought in the summertime. And he wasn’t the one one.
“We’re shifting forwards, however it’s simple to neglect the work I needed to do to persuade the gamers, who I thought-about important, to remain. Many needed to take different paths.
“He requested the membership to be bought, with out mincing his phrases. That is what was mentioned to me, the participant has confirmed his resolution to me.
“Personally I really feel very dissatisfied, as a result of I spent six months making an attempt to make [Kvaratskhelia] really feel on the centre of the undertaking, working with him, displaying him that we might do one thing nice and likewise working with the membership for six months on the renewal.
“From my viewpoint, it is an amazing disappointment.
“Right this moment I’ve to take a step again. I am unable to preserve those that need to go away tied up in chains. I did that in the summertime and had six months to persuade all of the events to discover a answer.
“I realise that the information has come out of the blue, however now I’m taking a step again and it is proper that the membership and [Kvaratskhelia’s] entourage resolve the state of affairs.
“And so, he isn’t accessible for Verona. We are going to see what occurs. We are going to lose an essential participant, however for the meantime, let’s concentrate on Verona.”
