The Time Is Napoli! Italy's two premier sides went head to head in the peninsula's showcase match
of Week 2. Both the Partenepoi and Rossoneri earned respectable draws against hotly fancied
opposition in Manchester City and Barcelona respectively midweek, were coming into the Sao Paolo
clash with injury concerns.
Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis has confirmed there is a buyout clause written into the
contract of reported Liverpool target Ezequiel Lavezzi.
But Laurentiis is irritated that he ever reached such an agreement with Lavezzi and his
representatives - and claims it will never happen again.
"Lavezzi's agent very sneakily asked me for a buy-out clause and as a novice, I fell for it, but
from that point on I have never accepted another clause in the contract," said De Laurentiis.
