Belgian attacker Dries Mertens, is all but officially a Napoli player according to the player’s agent.  Soren Lerby told Radio CrC that the transfer negoatiations were a success and, aside from waiting for the final details to be confirmed, he already considered ‘Mertens to be a Napoli player’.  

This announcement follows comments made by the player’s father in Belgian newspaper Nieuwsblad, that ‘Mertens would be in Naples by the end of the week’.  Of the expected transfer Herman Mertens said that ‘Napoli is an important club that you cannot say no to’.

The left sided winger, who notched 18 goals for PSV this season including one against Napoli in the Europa League, would be the first new signing of the Benitez reign.

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