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It’s got slightly messy over recent weeks and perhaps Kvaratskhelia’s time away with Georgia has actually been an unexpected reprieve.

Earlier this month, his agent, Mamuka Jugeli delcared he doesn “not want people to think that Kvara wants to stay at Napoli”.

His father then supported this view, saying: “I don’t want my son to stay at Napoli. They changed three coaches last season, and it’s hard to play in a similar situation.”

It prompted Napoli to release a statement about Kvaratskhelia, which outlined that his future strictly depends on Napoli’s decision while he is under contract.

It said: “It is not the agents or fathers who decide the future of a player under contract with Napoli but the Calcio Napoli club!!! End of the story.”

A bit of a sticky one.