Fabian Ruiz is flattered to be linked to Barcelona and Real Madrid but insists he is happy at Napoli.
At the end of next season, Spain international Fabian will be out of contract at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
This week reported that talks over a renewal for the midfielder had broken down.
Napoli would have no choice but to listen to bids for him., with Barca and Madrid the player’s favoured potential destinations.
He was asked about the situation ahead of Napoli’s Europa League play-off meeting with Barca on Thursday.
Fabian Ruiz admitted it was nice to hear that such clubs interested him.
He told a news conference:
“It’s always nice to see yourself linked with great clubs, especially the Spanish ones.
“However, I have another year on my contract. I’m happy at Napoli and concentrated on [Thursday’s] match.”
Barca is contesting the secondary European competition for the first time since 2003-04 when Celtic eliminated them in the last 16 of the UEFA Cup.
A run of 191 straight continental games in the Champions League ended their group-stage exit.
And quickly put pressure on head coach Xavi, who was in the starting line-up for both legs of the Blaugrana’s loss to Celtic.
However, Napoli boss Luciano Spalletti has no doubt Xavi will prove to be a success in the dugout, having cut his teeth with a successful spell at Al Sadd.
Spalletti said:
“Xavi was already a real football connoisseur as a player, so naturally, he will be as a coach too.
“They also brought in more unpredictable players in January who can change a game by themselves.”
The only meeting between the two teams in a major European competition occurred in the last 16 of the 2019-20 Champions League when Barca won 4-2 on aggregate after a 3-1 win at Camp Nou.
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