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Saturday 29 October 2016

Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain is set to face former club Napoli for the first time following his record £75m move in the summer.


The Argentina international, 28, was called a "traitor" and "mercenary" by Napoli fans after their star play for the champions.
Higuain scored a record 36 Serie A goals as Napoli finished nine points adrift of Juve, who host Maurizio Sarri's side in Turin on Saturday.

"I'll greet him like a father does with a son who made him angry," said Sarri.
Napoli forward Dries Mertens, one of Higuain's best friends when they played together, joked he might "give him a slap" when they meet at the Juventus Stadium.
But Higuain will be spared facing the Napoli fans because they are banned from attending the match for security reasons.
Juventus, who are two points clear at the top of Serie A, visit third-placed Napoli in April.
Higuain has scored seven goals in 13 appearances this season, but has failed to find the net in his past four matches.
"It is natural that people will talk about Higuain before the game and indeed how he performs this season," said Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri.
"But what counts is that Juventus retain their trophies and go as far as they can in the Champions League.
"He's already scored seven goals and at Juve there are other players who score too. I'm very pleased with what he's doing, even without the ball."
"He prefers the money to our love," read a headline in Naples' Il Mattino newspaper after Higuain's transfer in July.
"Neapolitans were met with betrayal this summer," said Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis.
"Higuain's brother told me in February that he wanted to leave because there were no other stars in our squad besides him."
When the transfer was announced, Napoli fans publicly threw their Higuain shirts, banners and scarves into dustbins.
Festive figurines of the player, sold over the previous Christmas, were adapted by local artisans on Naples' famed San Gregorio Armeno street to feature messages reading 'I'm a traitor' and 'I'm a mercenary'.
Perhaps the most damning indictment of how much the Napoli fans have turned on their former hero can be seen outside the club's San Paolo stadium on matchdays this season, where enterprising vendors are selling toilet paper with Higuain's image printed on it.

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