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&lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Simone Verdi&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Fabian Ruiz&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Alex Meret&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Orestis Karnezis&lt;/strong&gt; took to the stage at Dimaro theatre on Thursday evening as &lt;strong&gt;Napoli&lt;/strong&gt; fans got chance to learn more about the club&amp;#39;s four new signings.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;The players fielded questions from the ever-passionate supporters who have made the trip up to the mountains for the team&amp;#39;s pre-season training camp.  &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;Below you can read a selection of key quotes from the event.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VERDI &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“I&amp;#39;m delighted to have joined Napoli and I&amp;#39;m absolutely convinced by this club. There&amp;#39;s a fabulous group of players here – they&amp;#39;re top professionals and great lads. They help me every day and thanks to them I&amp;#39;ve been able to settle in straight away.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why did you choose No.9?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“It&amp;#39;s the number I wore at Bologna and it brought me luck so I wanted to keep it here.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who&amp;#39;s going to be on free-kick duty, you or Dries Mertens?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“First of all, I&amp;#39;ll have the honour of meeting him and playing with him because he&amp;#39;s a fantastic player. As for free kicks, we&amp;#39;ll have to see. The main thing is that whoever takes them scores!”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Are you glad to have joined Napoli at last after your potential move in January didn&amp;#39;t go through?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“When the season ended I accepted Napoli&amp;#39;s offer immediately because I wanted to come and play here. What happened in January was a personal matter. Now I&amp;#39;m at Napoli and that&amp;#39;s what I wanted.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you think Napoli can better last season&amp;#39;s tally of 91 points?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“It won&amp;#39;t be easy to repeat last season. I think 91 points would have won you the title in any of Europe&amp;#39;s top leagues. You always need a bit of luck and hopefully we&amp;#39;ll get that this season.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You&amp;#39;re good with both feet but which is your favourite foot?   &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“My left.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FABIAN RUIZ&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“I love it here at Napoli. The fans have given me such a warm welcome and I&amp;#39;m really happy.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Which player would you like to emulate?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“Xavi.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What&amp;#39;s your favourite position? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“It&amp;#39;s up to Ancelotti to decide where I play and I&amp;#39;m sure he&amp;#39;ll find the right position for me. Napoli have a very strong midfield with lots of top-quality players. I want to give my all and settle in quickly.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“I can play on the right or on the left, I really don&amp;#39;t mind. I just want to play and be able to express my football.” &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What differences are there between Spanish and Italian football?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“Italian football is very tough but in terms of quality I don&amp;#39;t think there&amp;#39;s a lot of difference with Spanish football. I think I&amp;#39;ll see what difficulties there might be further down the line. The main thing is having a strong, close-knit group as we&amp;#39;ve got here.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MERET&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“I&amp;#39;m happy Napoli decided to place their trust in an Italian goalkeeper. Italy has produced a long line of great goalies and I hope I can live up to the club&amp;#39;s expectations.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“My new team-mates have given me a big hand and made me feel at home. It&amp;#39;s a shame about my injury but I&amp;#39;m sure I&amp;#39;ll be back soon – especially with all the positive energy I&amp;#39;m getting from everyone, including the fans.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“Napoli are a great team with big ambitions. We believe in our potential and we&amp;#39;ll set out to challenge the other top sides. We&amp;#39;ll give it our all and see where it takes us.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On fellow goalkeeper Karnezis:&lt;/strong&gt; “I&amp;#39;m fortunate to work with another keeper I know really well. Orestis and I are friends and whoever plays will give everything for this team.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;KARNEZIS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“I&amp;#39;m thrilled to have joined Napoli and I&amp;#39;m ready for this new adventure. I&amp;#39;ve accumulated a fair bit of experience and I want to put that to the use of the team.&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“Alex [Meret] and I have known each other for years, since our time together at Udinese. It&amp;#39;s our job to make sure we&amp;#39;re both ready to step in at any time as that instils confidence in the team. I hope Alex recovers quickly so that he can show what he&amp;#39;s capable of.”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;On Ancelotti and karaoke:&lt;/strong&gt; “He likes to have fun and sing with us and I must say he&amp;#39;s pretty good. Personally, I prefer Greek music, though!&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;“It&amp;#39;s a dream to be able to work with such a successful coach. I really like the bond that&amp;#39;s forming between the coach and the team.” &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;(&lt;em&gt;Photo SSC Napoli&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.sscnapoli.it/prehome/html/index.html&#34;&gt;www.sscnapoli.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Simone Verdi, Fabian Ruiz, Alex Meret and Orestis Karnezis took to the stage at Dimaro theatre on Thursday evening as Napoli fans got chance to learn more about the club&#39;s four new signings.

The players fielded questions from the ever-passionate supporters who have made the trip up to the mountains for the team&#39;s pre-season training camp.  

Below you can read a selection of key quotes from the event.

VERDI 

“I&#39;m delighted to have joined Napoli and I&#39;m absolutely convinced by this club. There&#39;s a fabulous group of players here – they&#39;re top professionals and great lads. They help me every day and thanks to them I&#39;ve been able to settle in straight away."

Why did you choose No.9?

“It&#39;s the number I wore at Bologna and it brought me luck so I wanted to keep it here.”

Who&#39;s going to be on free-kick duty, you or Dries Mertens?

“First of all, I&#39;ll have the honour of meeting him and playing with him because he&#39;s a fantastic player. As for free kicks, we&#39;ll have to see. The main thing is that whoever takes them scores!”

Are you glad to have joined Napoli at last after your potential move in January didn&#39;t go through?

“When the season ended I accepted Napoli&#39;s offer immediately because I wanted to come and play here. What happened in January was a personal matter. Now I&#39;m at Napoli and that&#39;s what I wanted.”

Do you think Napoli can better last season&#39;s tally of 91 points?

“It won&#39;t be easy to repeat last season. I think 91 points would have won you the title in any of Europe&#39;s top leagues. You always need a bit of luck and hopefully we&#39;ll get that this season.”

You&#39;re good with both feet but which is your favourite foot?   

“My left.”

FABIAN RUIZ

“I love it here at Napoli. The fans have given me such a warm welcome and I&#39;m really happy.”

Which player would you like to emulate?

“Xavi.”

What&#39;s your favourite position? 

“It&#39;s up to Ancelotti to decide where I play and I&#39;m sure he&#39;ll find the right position for me. Napoli have a very strong midfield with lots of top-quality players. I want to give my all and settle in quickly."

“I can play on the right or on the left, I really don&#39;t mind. I just want to play and be able to express my football.” 

What differences are there between Spanish and Italian football?

“Italian football is very tough but in terms of quality I don&#39;t think there&#39;s a lot of difference with Spanish football. I think I&#39;ll see what difficulties there might be further down the line. The main thing is having a strong, close-knit group as we&#39;ve got here.”

MERET

“I&#39;m happy Napoli decided to place their trust in an Italian goalkeeper. Italy has produced a long line of great goalies and I hope I can live up to the club&#39;s expectations."

“My new team-mates have given me a big hand and made me feel at home. It&#39;s a shame about my injury but I&#39;m sure I&#39;ll be back soon – especially with all the positive energy I&#39;m getting from everyone, including the fans."

“Napoli are a great team with big ambitions. We believe in our potential and we&#39;ll set out to challenge the other top sides. We&#39;ll give it our all and see where it takes us.”

On fellow goalkeeper Karnezis: “I&#39;m fortunate to work with another keeper I know really well. Orestis and I are friends and whoever plays will give everything for this team.”

KARNEZIS

“I&#39;m thrilled to have joined Napoli and I&#39;m ready for this new adventure. I&#39;ve accumulated a fair bit of experience and I want to put that to the use of the team."

“Alex [Meret] and I have known each other for years, since our time together at Udinese. It&#39;s our job to make sure we&#39;re both ready to step in at any time as that instils confidence in the team. I hope Alex recovers quickly so that he can show what he&#39;s capable of.”

On Ancelotti and karaoke: “He likes to have fun and sing with us and I must say he&#39;s pretty good. Personally, I prefer Greek music, though!"

“It&#39;s a dream to be able to work with such a successful coach. I really like the bond that&#39;s forming between the coach and the team.” 

(Photo SSC Napoli)

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