Napoli chief in Iaquinta jibe

Napoli chief in Iaquinta jibe
Tuesday 1 July, 2008

Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis has laughed off any swap deal with Juventus involving Marek Hamsik and Vincenzo Iaquinta.

Juve have been coveting Slovak sensation Hamsik since he started mesmerising Serie A audiences at the start of last season.

Meanwhile, Napoli have been searching for a reliable goal-getter and Iaquinta has voiced his frustration at sitting on the Bianconeri bench.

However, Partenopei supremo De Laurentiis has no intention of letting Hamsik go and believes he has found his marksman in Argentine new boy German Denis.

“What do I think of trading Hamsik for Iaquinta? I don’t think we would do it because Hamsik is worth 10 times Iaquinta’s value,” De Laurentiis claimed.

“We will see whether the arrival of Denis has finalised the attack because we still need to see how Marcelo Zalayeta’s recovery is going.

“And then there is Ezequiel Lavezzi whose Olympic commitments could take him away from us for a few games.

“We need to trim out squad back a little, but first we will see which players we require.”