On Wednesday we covered a report from Il Mattino, a Naples newspaper, which explained growing worry ahead of Napoli’s trip to face Leicester City.
The two clubs are set to meet next Thursday in the Europa League, but it’s thought as many as five Napoli players won’t be able to travel to the UK because they’ve been in red list countries in recent days.
Wednesday’s report even suggested the possibility of the match being moved to a neutral venue, which seemed a rather wild claim.
Il Mattino carry on a similar stance on Thursday, and they say Napoli are in ‘constant contact’ with UEFA over the situation. The situation has been passed to the governing body to deal with, and Il Mattino claim two possibilities are being considered, should no diplomatic solution be found to allow the players to travel.
is reversing the fixture, so it would be played in Naples, with presumably the second match, in December, then being held in Leicester.
Leicester City are unlikely to be thrilled about either possibility, and it may well be that Napoli are forced to travel, whether they’re allowed to bring all their players or not.
