Lavezzi: Napoli loves me

The 23-year-old has been a hit at Napoli since joining the club from San Lorenzo in 2007.

“The people of Napoli have a great affection for me,” Lavezzi told Argentine daily newspaper La Razon, when seeing one of the club’s fans sporting a tattoo of his face.

“It’s the demonstration of affection that has hit me the most. A guy came up to me and showed me a tattoo of my face… on his body!

“The people here treat me very well,” Lavezzi added. “The Neapolitans are very similar to the Argentines.

“I heard that the owner of a local pizza parlour recently dedicated a pizza to me, but I have yet to have the pleasure of eating it.

“This just shows the great affection Napoli fans are capable of even for an idiot with a face like mine.”