Marek Hamsik’s agent has accused critics of the Napoli midfielder of ‘not understanding football’.

Hamsik came under fire for his performance during Napoli’s 1-0 defeat to Liverpool in the Champions League on Tuesday, but Juraj Venglos maintained his client was not to blame for the Partenopei exiting the competition.

“Marek’s fine, even though I didn’t speak to him straight after the match,” he told Radio CRC.

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Marek Hamsik admits Napoli are ‘sad’ after going out of the Champions League but insists ‘we want to go as far as possible’ in the Europa League.

Napoli regularly disregarded the Europa League in previous seasons, but Hamsik made it clear the Partenopei would try to win the second-tier competition next year.

“We gave everything, but it didn’t work out and we’re sad,” the midfielder told his official website after Tuesday’s 1-0 defeat to Liverpool.

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Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis reveals he rejected offers from Inter, Milan and Juventus for Marek Hamsik.

The Slovakian is the Partenopei’s all-time top goalscorer and appearance maker, and has been with the club since 2007.

“[Former Inter President Massimo] Moratti asked me for him many years ago,” De Laurentiis told Sky.

“Then [Coach Max] Allegri both at Milan and at Juventus. But he stayed with us.”

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Napoli captain Marek Hamsik admits “there’s a bit of regret” about dropping points away to Red Star but points out they’re “in first place without losing”.

The Partenopei were held to a 0-0 draw in Serbia in their first Champions League group game, but beat them 3-1 at the San Paolo last night.

The Slovak scored in last night’s match, the result of which means Carlo Ancelotti’s side go to Liverpool needing only a draw to get through.

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Marek Hamsik said Napoli “did our job and we’ll do it again at Anfield” after beating Red Star Belgrade 3-1, as the group remains wide open.

A victory here would’ve been enough to book a spot in the Round of 16 if Paris Saint-Germain had failed to beat Liverpool, but that game at the Parc des Princes ended 2-1.

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Napoli midfielder Marek Hamsik has revealed that he was close to joining Borussia Dortmund two years ago.

Hamsik was thought to be closest to leaving Napoli over the summer, but the 31-year-old confessed he could have become a Dortmund player 12 months before.

“I was close to Borussia Dortmund and I negotiated with the club, it’s true,” he told Bild.

“However, the negotiations weren’t so easy. I was told that Borussia had to sell some of their players before they could sign me.

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Marek Hamsik's agent admits “we haven’t talked about” a new contract with Napoli, and explains why the captain isn’t scoring.

The Slovakian looked likely to leave the Partenopei for China in the summer, but Carlo Ancelotti convinced him to stay.

It’s not clear though if this will be his last season at the Stadio San Paolo, and there have been no talks about a longer deal.

“We haven’t talked about it,” Martin Petras admitted, speaking on Radio Marte.

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Napoli captain Marek Hamsik believes “we’re in a good place” and after the international break they’ll “try to reduce the gap to Juventus”.

The Partenopei are second in Serie A, but are six points behind the seven time champions, who pipped them to the Scudetto last season.

“We had a start with difficult matches, in the Champions League too,” Hamsik pointed out, speaking to sport.aktuality.sk.

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Carlo Ancelotti was surprised to be given the Napoli job, admitting when President Aurelio De Laurentiis called “I thought he was joking”.

The Champions League winner replaced Maurizio Sarri on the bench in the summer, but he didn’t expect to be arrive at the San Paolo.

“I wanted to go back to speaking Italian,” Ancelotti told DAZN, after spells in France, England, Germany and Spain.

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Napoli captain Marek Hamsik admits the next Champions League game against Red Star “will be crucial”.

The Partenopei drew with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, but with Liverpool losing in Serbia the group is wide open.

“Everything is still open,” Hamsik told UEFA’s official website.

“There are only two points between the top team and the fourth. The next home game against Red Star will be crucial.”

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