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Gonzalo Higuain not looking to leave Napoli, says agent

Gonzalo Higuain celebrates Napoli's winner
Image: Gonzalo Higuain has been in fantastic form for Napoli this season

Gonzalo Higuain's agent says the striker is not planning to leave Napoli and wants to win the Serie A title with the club.

The Argentina international has rediscovered his best form this season and scored his ninth league goal on Sunday as Napoli recorded their sixth win in seven games against Udinese.

Napoli are fourth in Serie A, two points adrift of Fiorentina and Inter Milan, and Higuain has attracted the attention of top European clubs.

"Three years ago Gonzalo chose Napoli and you can see how much this club means to him by what he is doing on the pitch," the player's brother and agent Nicolas Higuain told Italian radio station Radio Crc.

"His dream, since the first day he set foot in Naples, is to win the scudetto with Napoli. Diego Maradona won the scudetto with Napoli in his third year at the club and we hope this will be a good sign."

The 27-year-old is under contract with Napoli until June 2018 and could leave next summer by exercising FIFA's article 17 that allows footballers to break their contract once a protected period has expired.

Image: Argentina legend Diego Maradona during his playing days with Napoli

For those younger than 28 when they signed their contract, they must be three years into their deal.

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However, Nicolas Higuain said: "A great player like Higuain would never use article 17. He would give a terrible image and it's not the style of our family. Right now we have no appointments set with Napoli.

"I met [club president] Aurelio De Laurentiis in Venice a few months ago but it wasn't the right moment to talk about certain things because we were calm and focused on the result to be achieved."

Higuain leads the Serie A scoring charts with nine goals alongside Sampdoria's Citadin Eder.

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