Blow for Chelsea and United
Slovakia star Marek Hamsik has insisted his future lies with his current club Napoli.
Despite his goal against Russia being a contender for the strike of the tournament and prompting his international manager to call for him to move to a bigger club, Marek Hamsik insists he is happy at Napoli.
The Slovakian star, who not only scored a stunner but also created Vlademir Weiss’ goal with a sensational pass, was told ‘he deserves a bigger club for his performances’ by his international coach Jan Kozak.
But the player himself has dismissed the idea that he might leave the Italian club at the end of Euro 2016.
‘I still have two years of contract with Napoli and my future is here,’ Hamsik told Gazzetta dello Sport.
‘There’s the Champions League to play and we want do great things. The club is improving the right way, aims for bigger and bigger goals.
‘As you know, it doesn’t depend only on me, anyway I didn’t think to leave. And I guess also the club didn’t think that.’
Hamsik is his country’s talisman, and it was not unexpected that their first ever win at the finals would come courtesy of a stand-out performance from the 28-year-old.
Manchester United and Chelsea had been linked with the player, but they now might be forced to shop elsewhere with the forward clearly happy where he is in Italy.
By Ben Kelly – @benkelly_10
