Napoli president says 16-team Serie A would be more competitive


FILE PHOTO - Napoli club Chairman Aurelio De Laurentiis gestures during a news conference after Edinson Cavani (not pictured) renewed his contract until 2017, in Naples August 31, 2012. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca

(Reuters) - Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis would like the number of teams competing in Serie A cut from 20 to 16, he told the Italian radio programme 24 Mattino on Friday.

"In 1986, the teams in Serie A were 16. Then, who knows why, we became 20" said the Neapolitan film producer.

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