Naples: De Laurentiis discusses the sidelining of Piotr Zielinski

Piotr Zielinski, Naples midfielder, will not participate in the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League against FC Barcelona. Club president Aurelio De Laurentiis has confirmed that he has not been included in the list for the final stage of the competition. As a reminder, the Polish international should sign freely with Inter Milan this summer. A bad financial blow for Napoli. But, according to its president, the choice of the club is in no way a sanction.

“No hard feelings towards Zielinski”

The president of the Neapolitan club denies any conflict with the Pole in comments reported by Foot Market : “We must take into account all the components, which are restrictive, it is not our fault. (…) UEFA sets a number of appearances, we have made a certain number of recruitments and I regret that we have renounced Zielinski and Dendoncker. We know the situation of Zielinski (…) I read that someone had doubts… that there was an act of grudge against Zielinski, absolutely not. It is a wonderful person, a great guy and a level player, but I repeat: the choices have been made given that he is leaving. From July 1st, he will no longer be with us and we will have to open a window opportunity for newcomers.”