Sampdoria will not block Angelo Palombo from leaving the relegated club.

The Doria captain is the club's most wanted player after the port based outfit were surprise Serie A casualties this term.

"We need to speak with him as Palombo is technically only a 'guest' in Serie B," Doria sporting director Pasquale Sensibile told Radio Kiss Kiss.

"The new season will lead to the European Championship and we need to understand whether he is ready to put his heart and soul into this Division, a Division that he doesn't really belong in.

"But Angelo has never asked us to leave. You can't imagine how much respect we have for him and Sampdoria will certainly not keep him here against his will."