Crystal Palace fullback Joel Ward hopes Khvicha Kvaraskhelia plays for Napoli today.

Palace and Napoli will meet in a friendly on Sunday.

Ward said: "Kvaratskhelia has excellent qualities, it will not be easy to face it. In general it will be a very important game immediately, playing against the Serie A leaders is an opportunity to test our physical condition against strong players."

He also said: "The Premier is best known in the world, but the qualities of the other championships are very high and can be seen in the European Cups, Napoli is an example. It is interesting for us to face this team from another championship."