One of the biggest emerging stories of the January transfer window is Khvicha Kvaratskhelias status as a Napoli player.
It’s been reported that Kvaradona and his club have reached a stalemate in contract extension talks.
The Georgia international’s current deal expires in the summer of 2027.
This news has put top clubs across Europe on alert.
Still, a player of Kvaratskhelia’s talent will not be easy to prise from the Aurelio de Laurentiis-led club.
This scouting report and data analysis will provide an overview of Kvaratskhelia’s game and explain why a move to Manchester United or Arsenal—and not the heavily rumoured PSG—would perhaps be the best next step for his career.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Style Of Play
Total Football Analysis published an in-depth scouting report on Kvaratskhelia during his breakout 2022/23 campaign with Napoli.
You can find that player analysis ‘here’.
In that piece, analyst Lorihanna Balabanova pointed out Kvaratskhelia’s preference to get on the ball lots, carry the ball inside and take on opposing defenders with his dribbling technique lots and shoot lots.
This has remained consistent throughout his career.
Kvaratskhelia loves being heavily involved in his team’s play and commits a high volume of offensive actions during a given match.
He’s comfortable bearing the brunt of the attacking and creative burden for his side.
The Georgian winger has also performed well under pressure when given ‘star player status’.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Data Analysis 2022/23-2024/25
This season has been a fairly standard campaign for Kvaratskhelia so far.
It’s only been his best season with regards to xA per 90 and progressive runs per 90 of the 11 metrics shown in the figure above.
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