Gianfranco Zola spoke openly about how Napoli, a team where he played for four years (1989-1993) and Barcelona’s rival in the second round of the Champions League, handled the situation of Piotr Zielinski after refusing to renew the contract that expires on June 30.
Because of this rejection and his more likely move to Inter when he is free, Napoli decided to exclude Zielinski from the Champions League list despite being one of the main players in the middle of the field.
“It is inexplicable to remove him from the UEFA list. For me it was a resounding own goal, “Naples need his quality”said Zola, who as a player also played for Parma, Chelsea and Cagliari and as a coach he coached Watford, Cagliari, Qatar’s Al Arabi and Birmingham.
“It would never happen in England, “A player remains an asset of the club until the last day of his contract,” Zola told Il Mattino. Zielinski obviously did not play on Wednesday at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona and Napoli were dominated for most of the match by Barcelona. , although in the end Victor Osimhen He tied the Italian champion’s only shot between three sticks (1-1).
Source: La Verdad

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