(ANSA) – NAPLES, JUNE 27 – Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis today made a blitz in Germany, where Georgia is playing the European Championships, for an initial meeting with Kvitcha Kvaratskhelia, the striker that the club wants to keep. The Napoli president responded personally to the clear request of the new coach Antonio Conte, who in his conversation before the signing demanded the Georgian playmaker to stay. De Laurentiis went to Dusseldorf, we learn, together with sporting director Manna and the club’s CEO Chiavelli: the three had an initial direct conversation with Kvaratskhelia, speaking to him about the contract renewal and obtaining an initial availability from the player. The idea of the club is to significantly increase his current salary of 1.7 million per season and probably also set a very high termination clause, which could open up a market for Kvaratskhelia in the future with big offers. Now the next step for the club will be to convince Di Lorenzo to stay in the blue jersey, considered unsellable by Conte along with Lobotka and Anguissa. In the meantime, the blue club has made official the team’s program in Dimaro in Trentino, the first part of the summer retreat that will begin on July 11 and will last until the 24th. On July 13 there will be Conte’s first press conference after training, then press conferences for the players and two friendlies are scheduled, one on July 16 and one on July 20 with teams yet to be defined. (ANSA).
