Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis has stated that he will not buy African players anymore because of the AFCON.
De Laurentiis had a rather candid chat at the Wall Street Italia show (via La Gazzetta dello Sport) on football economy and the basis of his talk was the Partenopeiโs finances in recent years.
He revealed that Napoli have lost โฌ200 million in the last two years and authorities such as FIFA and UEFA donโt care about Financial Fair Play. De Laurentiis also slammed the way current football fixtures are scheduled and called for a league involving all the top five leagues.
He also spoke about African players and their involvement in the AFCON and stated: โEnough of African players, or they should give up playing the African Cup. I wonโt buy any more of them for this reason. We pay the salaries to send them around to play for the world in the middle of the league championshipโ.
De Laurentiis also went on to speak about the idea of the European Super League, criticising the format bcause it was an โinvitational onlyโ tournament and catered to โprivilegedโ football clubs in Europe only.
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