Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis has slammed Giampiero Ventura over Italy's World Cup demise.

Ventura is expected to be sacked tomorrow by FIGC.

“(FIGC President Carlo) Tavecchio is the only real responsible for all this, because he kept hold of a Coach who is very good, but I fired in Serie C after three months," De Laurentiis told Sky Sport Italia.

“Why bother calling (Lorenzo) Insigne up on international duty if you are going to play him out of position? This way, you are wasting his time and financially damaging the club too, because it makes it look as if Insigne is a worse player than he really is.

“You can't have a Coach who plays 4-2-4 and tries to push Insigne or others into that system, because he gives his best in 4-3-3. Clubs give up their players because international duty is a shop window, but it can become a negative too.

“Those people who only superficially watch the Italy games will then say, oh, these players aren't as talented as they say and that lowers their market value. Are we clubs then supposed to demand financial damages from Tavecchio and the FIGC?"