Arek Milik has reached a dead end at Napoli. The club compiled a list of players on Wednesday for the remainder of the first half of the season in the Serie A and the Europa League; the striker is not included in both player groups. It means that he will in any case not take action until January. On Tuesday, Italian media reported that Milik’s role in Naples has been played out for the time being.

In the last transfer period Milik was heading for a departure from Napoli. The striker was in the spotlight of clubs like Valencia, Juventus, AS Roma and Fiorentina, but none of the transfers took place. Milik is now in his homeland Poland; he has been told by the club that there is no role for him in the team of trainer Gennaro Gattuso. It is also striking that Fernando Llorente does belong to the Serie A selection, but not to the shorter Europa League player list.

Milik has a contract until the end of the current season. The ex-Ajax player could according to, among other things Mediaset and Corriere dello Sport He moved to Fiorentina and Valencia on the final day of the transfer market, but refused to move to both clubs. As a result, Milik will have to train individually from the Napoli leadership in the coming months. Last season Milik scored 11 goals in 26 Serie A matches.

In January, at the opening of the winter transfer window, Milik can talk to other clubs about a transfer again. Gattuso previously explained that the striker could expect consequences for refusing a contract extension. “We reported last season that he had to renew his contract. He refused, so he knows how we think about it. If he doesn’t make a transfer, he will end up in a difficult situation.”