Chelsea made 'interesting' Dries Mertens phone call and Napoli star is open to London move

“He wasn’t disappointed either that it didn’t go through. He will just now get to grab the record.

“He’s close and he will just have a free transfer during this summer, so he will get that fee that Chelsea wanted to pay.

“Let’s say €8m or €9m they wanted to spend on him, he can bag that now himself as a signing-on fee or what Napoli still believe is that they can convince him to sign a new deal, but that’s something we will have to see because Napoli are, in my eyes, in the end of a cycle, so you’d have to see if he’s really that keen to sign a new deal.”

source: express.co.uk