Rory McIlroy isn’t concerned by what it might do to Europe’s Ryder Cup team. He isn’t hedging or straddling the fence.

Golfers who have left for Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf should not be part of the event, which runs next year from Sept. 29-Oct. 1, McIlroy said.

“I have said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times: I don’t think any of those guys should be on the Ryder Cup team,” McIlroy told reporters Wednesday at this week’s Italian Open on the Marco Simone course outside of Rome that will also host the Ryder Cup.

He broke from what U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick said regarding the LIV players, that his interest is winning next year’s Ryder Cup and not what tour they are playing.

“I just want to win the Ryder Cup. … I want the 11 best guys we can get,” Fitzpatrick said. “I’m not really too bothered about where they are going to come from.”

European captain Luke Donald is in “limbo” with the issue tied up in the courts after the LIV players were banned from events on the PGA Tour. Donald was named the captain last month after Henrik Stenson’s captaincy was revoked when he joined LIV. He said nothing has changed since his appointment.

“We don’t know what’s going to happen with the lawsuit so I’m trying to not really put too much energy into it,” Donald said. “Once we get a clearer picture, I can give you better answers.”

Sergio Garcia, Lee Westwood and Ian Poulter are among the past Ryder Cup stalwarts that defected from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf.

Donald has six captain’s picks to go along with six automatic qualifiers for the squad that consists of the three leading players on the European points list and the top three on the world points list.