Napoli coach Antonio Conte has confirmed Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has requested to depart the membership amid reported interest 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.
Speaking 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 converse, I’ll inform the reality, in any other case I want to remain quiet, I do not inform lies,” Conte stated.
“We are speaking about an necessary participant. A participant who was already attributable to go away in the summertime. I additionally needed to have technical certainties. Quality is required along with the work I demanded, in addition to the affirmation of sure gamers, together with Khvicha, who, as you understand, had requested to be offered in the summertime. And he wasn’t the one one.
“We are shifting forwards, however it’s simple to overlook 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 offered, with out mincing his phrases. This is what was stated to me, the participant has confirmed his determination to me.
“Personally I really feel very upset, as a result of I spent six months attempting to make [Kvaratskhelia] really feel on the centre of the challenge, working with him, exhibiting him that we may do one thing nice and likewise working with the membership for six months on the renewal.
“From my viewpoint, it is an ideal disappointment.
“Today I’ve to take a step again. I can not maintain 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 resolution.
“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’s not obtainable for Verona. We will see what occurs. We will lose an necessary participant, however for the meantime, let’s concentrate on Verona.”
