LIVERPOOL fans may be forced to travel an extra 160 miles for their Champions League game against Napoli.
The Italian club's president is preparing to ask Uefa to allow Napoli's home matches to be moved to Bari this season.
Jurgen Klopp's side are scheduled to play in Italy on October 3, the second matchday of this season's tournament as they look to go one step further than last year.
Aurelio De Laurentiis has publicly criticised the home of Napoli, Stadio San Paolo which is municipally-owned.
And he is prepared to pay for 1,000 coaches to take fans to each match from Naples on Italy's west coast to Bari on the east coast.
It takes more than three hours to drive between the two stadia.
In an interview with Corriere dello Sport, De Laurentiis said: "The stadium of Napoli is a nightmare. Such a bad stadium limits Napoli at an international level.
"It will take two years but I am going to build a new stadium so nobody can say anything to me."
The comments angered Naples mayor Luigi Di Magistris, who is in an ongoing dispute with the Napoli president.
Di Magistris said: "His suggestion is unthinkable and impractical. Its a serious matter to even think about something like that.
"Napoli play and will play at the San Paolo stadium."
De Laurentiis is not only the president of Napoli but also took over former Serie A side Bari, who are now in the fourth tier following financial struggles.
Liverpool and Napoli were drawn in the same group as French giants Paris Saint-Germain and Red Star Belgrade in Group C.
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