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Welcome to the Athletic FC Podcast with me, Ayo Akinwalehre. Napoli boss Antonio Conte has confirmed superstar winger Kavice Kovárezkelia wants to leave Naples. So why does he want to depart and where is his most likely destination? With us today, we have the Athletics' Italian football writer, James Horncastle. And we've also got Phil Hay with us as well. Right, James, take us back to Cavada's first season at Napoli. A player that was named Serie A's most valuable player in 2023 after lifting the Scudetto. You've described this as the best debut season of any footballer in Italy since Kaká at Milan in 2003. High praise, man. Talk us through it.