Napoli’s Kvaratskhelia wants to leave club, Conte says

Napoli’s Kvaratskhelia wants to leave club, Conte says

Napoli forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia wants to leave the Serie A club immediately, manager Antonio Conte said on Saturday.

The 23-year-old Kvaratskhelia joined Napoli in 2022 and helped his side win the Serie A in the same season. The Georgia international has been linked with move to Liverpool and Paris Saint Germain.

“Kvaratskhelia has asked to leave the club”, Conte told reporters. “I spoke to Khvicha and he confirmed his plan to leave the club immediately.” 

“We are talking about an important player. Last summer I spoke to the president and I wanted to have some technical certainties by demanding the confirmation of some important players. Even though he and others had asked to be sold, I worked on it and managed to keep who I wanted,” said the Napoli manager.

“[Kvaratskhelia] asked the club to be sold. I am disappointed, I realised that it was a bolt from the blue and I am taking a step back. I would never want him to think that I have chained him here if he were to stay. I did it last summer thinking of convincing him of the goodness of the project but evidently I did not succeed,” Conte added.