Diego Armando Maradona, Aurelio De Laurentiis is adamant.

The words of Aurelio De Laurentiis

Aurelio De Laurentiis è returned to talk about the stadium issue: "It seems very strange to me that the mayor, an extremely prepared and intelligent person, keeps talking about the Maradona and says he is waiting for a proposal from me. Actually, I have warned him that the Maradona cannot be the object of interest of Calcio Napoli for the future".

"With the architect Zavanella and some engineers we did a total in-depth study and also with site inspections. In order to be able to carry out the changes needed, a stadium within a stadium would have to be built. Whatever kind of operation was to be carried out at the Maradona, Napoli would have to play a few years outside. With all the respect I have for Avellino, Benevento, which have very beautiful stadiums, but far inferior to the numerical needs of Napoli and the fact that we will play, I hope even next season and the further seasons to come, in Europe, the problem does not arise".

"I am no longer interested in Maradona? Not è that I am no longer interested, but we must understand each other once and for all. Does the city of Naples want to participate as a leading city in the 2032 championships, or not? This the mayor of Naples has to imagine,” added the azure patron. “Or do we want to penalize the citizens of Naples by bringing the stadium 30-40-50km from Naples? It seems to me a folly".