Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis insists Ezequiel Lavezzi will not be joining Manchester City.

There was controversy over the summer when some clubs, including Manchester City, seemed prepared to pay the €32m buy-out clause for Lavezzi.

"Lavezzi's agent very sneakily asked me for a buy-out clause and as a novice, I fell for it, but from that point on I have never accepted another clause in the contract," said De Laurentiis.

"There is a price for everyone, as this is a business, but I am the one who chooses it."