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Napoli only welcomes football players from African countries if they agree not to play in the African Cup. This was said by the president of Naples, Aurelio De Laurentiis, in an interview on Italian television. Italians are tired of having to hand players from Africa to their national teams at the African Cup in the middle of the season.

The club president said: “Don’t tell me more about African footballers, I won’t buy them anymore. We pay them and then send them all over the world to play with others in the middle of the season.” Naples. “I wish them well. But either they sign a statement walking away from the African Cup, or I don’t need them anymore.”

Napoli currently has three players from Africa in the team: Victor Osimhen (Nigeria), Andre Frank Zambo-Anguissa (Cameroon) and Adam Ounas (Algeria).

Kalidou Koulibaly, the Senegalese defender who made nearly 300 appearances for Napoli and moved to Chelsea this summer, is furious. “You can’t talk about the national teams from Africa like that. You have to respect them as you respect the European national teams.” Coulibaly won the African Cup with his country as captain of Senegal in early 2022.

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