Ezequiel Lavezzi has assured Napoli fans “there is no controversy. There have been no offers and I am a Napoli player.”

There have been repeated reports of interest from Manchester City and the €32m buy-out clause in his contract.

Goran Pandev's agent is pushing the Inter striker towards the San Paolo. “Napoli would be ideal and I know Walter Mazzarri really likes him.”

Aurelio De Laurentiis takes back his threat to leave football after storming out of the fixture ceremony, but the Napoli patron aims more sideswipes at rivals.

Cristiano Lucarelli is in great shape and scored a brace as Napoli beat Serie B side Grosseto 2-1.

The veteran striker was set to leave this summer after injury kept him out for most of the season.

However, Coach Walter Mazzarri insisted he remain and the 37-year-old is proving a hit so far.

Napoli saw off Barletta 2-0 and Fiorentina failed to break down Torino in today's friendly games.

The Partenopei finished their pre-season training camp at Dimaro by defeating Lega Pro team Barletta 2-0.

Walter Gargano expects to still be playing for Napoli in the 2011-12 campaign, although a summer exit hasn’t been totally ruled out.

The Uruguayan has been linked with both Genoa and Lazio, but there has been no significant move by either club to suggest a transfer will be done.

Brescia President Gino Corioni still has regrets over his decision to sell Marek Hamsik to Napoli in 2007.

The Slovakian was sold by the Lombard outfit for €5.5m back then and he's now worth at least five times that amount.

Siena have admitted an interest in Daniele Mannini of Napoli, but they have yet to table an offer for his services.

"He is a player who we do like," Siena sporting director Giorgio Perinetti told Radio Marte Sport Live.

"However, we haven't even begun preliminary talks and at the moment there is absolutely nothing concrete.

Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis furiously stormed out of the Serie A draw. “I am ashamed to be Italian! I'm going back to cinema.”