The president of the Serie A champion, outraged by the national teams: “We must be compensated”


Article by Tudor Belivacă – Published Friday, November 14, 2025 23:19 / Updated Friday, November 14, 2025 23:44
Aurelio De Laurentiis, the president of Napoli, expressed his displeasure with the national teams and stressed that the clubs should be compensated for giving up their athletes to their respective countries, giving the examples of two players of the Italian champions: Amir Rrahmani (Kosovo) and Frank Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon), both injured during the international break.
Napoli's president spoke about the fact that club teams should decide whether to leave players on the national team or not, should receive compensation from FIFA or UEFA if a player is injured on the national team and suggested that a transfer window should be opened for teams to cover their “holes” left by injuries.
Napoli president has come up with a new idea: “It seems FIFA and UEFA don't care”
“We gave Rrahmani and he came back broken, Anguissa came back broken too. We can't go on like this. When the championships start, you have to take them to the end without interruption. We need less teams, less matches.
Players receive a salary from the club and clubs should decide whether to send them to their national teams. If a player is injured in the national team, a transfer window should be reopened, and we should receive compensation, but it seems that those from FIFA and UEFA do not care,” Aurelio De Laurentiis said, according to Gazzetta Dello Sport.
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Frank Anguissa has played 15 games this season for Napoli in all competitions: 4 goals and 2 assists. It is quoted at 27 million euros.
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Amir Rrahmani is on loan to Napoli from Verona. He has played 5 games and has no contribution this season for Conte's squad. It is quoted at 12 million euros.
Reigning Serie A champions Napoli are currently fourth in Italy's top flight, level on points with third-placed AC Milan. Fifth-placed Bologna are just one point behind Antonio Conte's side. In the Champions League, Napoli is in 24th place, with 4 points in 4 matches. The Italians lost to PSV and Manchester City, beat Sporting and drew with Frankfurt




