{"id":1164521,"date":"2022-08-03T10:38:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T10:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/03\/no-more-african-players-napoli-president\/"},"modified":"2022-08-03T10:38:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T10:38:33","slug":"no-more-african-players-napoli-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/03\/no-more-african-players-napoli-president\/","title":{"rendered":"“No More African Players” – Napoli President"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aurelio De Laurentiis has provoked football fans, especially Africans, for making a comment about the AFCON, which sounds like an insult to some African football fans online.<\/p>\n

Aurelio De Laurentiis is the president of the Nobel Italian Club, Napoli. We all love Napoli for their long run in the Italian Seria A and the signing of Diego Maradona.<\/p>\n

“I told them lads, don\u2019t talk to me about Africans anymore.” I love them, but either they sign something confirming they\u2019ll back out of playing the Africa Cup of Nations, or otherwise, between that tournament and the World Cup qualifiers in South America, these players are never available!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are the idiots who pay salaries only to send them all over the world playing for others.<\/strong> ” says Aurelio De Laurentiis,who’s Napoli’s president. Taking a close look at his statement,he doesn’t like the fact that the African players leave their various European clubs during the season to go represent their African countries in the Afcon tournament, and he isn’t signing any other African player until that player decides to not participate in the Afcon.<\/p>\n

Do you agree with him?<\/p>\n

We all saw how top European clubs such as Liverpool FC tried to not allow their African players to participate in the Afcon which took place at the beginning of the year.<\/p>\n

I don’t think this should be an issue because all European players go to their various European countries to represent them when it’s time for the Euros, so I don’t agree with the Napoli president.<\/p>\n

The Napoli board have tried to convince him to change his thoughts but he isn’t giving good feedback and he was asked to sell the club but he also disagreed. “They see that football is a great opportunity and they can double their investment by selling clubs to investment funds in the future.” That\u2019s what Milan and Inter have done, right?<\/p>\n

I am assailed by funds. I can\u2019t take it anymore. In 2017-18, an American fund offered me $900m to sell Napoli. But they don\u2019t realise I am this pure entrepreneur who enjoys playing the game, so let me keep playing.”says the Napoli President.<\/p>\n

As of now, Napoli has two top African players, Victor Oshimen of Nigeria and Zambo Aguinssa of Cameroon.<\/p>\n

Should these players choose Napoli over their African countries?<\/p>\n

What you see are some comments made by some African football fans.<\/p>\n

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  1. Napolilover<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. says:<\/li>\n
  3. Aug 2, 2022 20:58 at 8:58 pm<\/li>\n
  4. He\u2019s such a moron \u2013 AFCON is once every 2 years and they play for like 3\/4 weeks? Not a big deal<\/li>\n
  5. love italian lague<\/strong><\/li>\n
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  7. Aug 2, 2022 21:12 at 9:12 pm<\/li>\n
  8. this is how they all start. but you can buy south American player that also do the same<\/li>\n
  9. Marty<\/strong><\/li>\n
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  11. Aug 2, 2022 21:13 at 9:13 pm<\/li>\n
  12. Such a stupid man and comment<\/li>\n
  13. ACE<\/strong><\/li>\n
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  15. Aug 2, 2022 21:53 at 9:53 pm<\/li>\n
  16. This was a very foolish and selfish thing to say\u2026I am utterly disappointed<\/li>\n
  17. Solointer<\/strong><\/li>\n
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  19. Aug 2, 2022 21:58 at 9:58 pm<\/li>\n
  20. I guess it won\u2019t be long before Osimhen or any ambitious player leave the club UNLESS\u2026\u00a0Napoli\u00a0gets an owner who actually wants to win big trophies. His comments is the definition of double standards and so stupid of him to think that anything good will come out of it<\/li>\n
  21. TM<\/strong><\/li>\n
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  23. Aug 2, 2022 22:01 at 10:01 pm<\/li>\n
  24. Hope this means no\u00a0Napoli\u00a0players to team Italy either, as otherwise it just does not hold water.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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