Napoli manager Luciano Spalletti has responded to shock reports claiming he could be sacked just weeks after winning the Serie A title.
Various reports in Italy claim that Spalletti and club president Aurelio De Laurentiis are no longer on speaking terms after talks about a contract extension stalled.
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Spalletti led Napoli to their first Serie A title in 30 years, but he has one year left on his current contract with the club and has now revealed that he is not waiting for proposals from other clubs.
The rumours strengthened after De Laurentiis said he didn't want to 'clip the wings' of the Spalletti if another club came in for his services.
"I don't know what he meant by that, you'd have to ask him. It is not linked to what we said to each other at dinner. As far as I am concerned, I don't need a pair of wings, but a pair of boots. I don't need wings to fly anywhere," Spalletti said in a press conference, as per ESPN.
"There was no need to negotiate anything. I did not reject any salary increase... It is not true that I received offers from other clubs, that is false.
"It is false to say I am waiting for other clubs or that I turned down any proposals.
"Even the president spoke of a great future, I think he said he has Champions League ambitions and he brought them from zero to here," he added. "You all agree that we have to fight to win the Champions League."
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