Napoli reportedly targeting Fulham youngster Moussa Dembele

Napoli have set their sights on a French youngster but will have to battle some top clubs to sign him.

Napoli reportedly targeting
Fulham youngster Moussa Dembele
(photo: Fulham FC)
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By Vijay Vemu

According to reports in the Daily Mail, Italian club Napoli are interested in the Fulham youngster Moussa Dembele and could sign him in the winter transfer window.

Finding his form at Fulham

Dembele spent his earlier playing days at PSG, coming through their academy. But at the age of 16, the French youngster made the switch to England to join Fulham in 2012. He has scored nine goals in 33 appearances for the club so far. While those totals may be a little bit low, he is still a youngster and has a lot of time to develop and many teams are looking at signing the youngster.

Dembele has attracted interest from many of Europe’s top clubs as he has shown a lot of potential to become a future star. The likes of Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have shown interest in signing him and it looks like Napoli might have to splash some big time cash if they want to pry him away from those top clubs.

Dembele has been earning rave reviews (photo: getty)

Help in the attack

Napoli have been flying in attack ever since the season started and find themselves in second place in Serie A terms of goals scored this season with 31 . Much credit should be given to Gonzalo Higuain but the likes of Lorenzo Insigne, Dries Mertens, and Marek Hamsik should also get credit. Dembele would add depth to the Napoli bench if he made the switch

If Demeble were to make the switch to Naples he would have a hard time breaking into the top club but that is to be expected with any top club he moves to. He’s 20 years old and still has a lot of potential and could learn a lot from Gonzalo Higuain however. Higuain has been in top form this season and finding a quality backup for him should be a top priority for Napoli.  

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Vijay Vemu
Vijay is a sports journalist who covers mainly the NBA and soccer. He is a credential reporter on the Chicago Fire and also covers NBA for VAVEL as well. He is also a editor for Mash Chicago, the publication of the Chicago Tribune. He is also a contributor at SB Nation's Blog A Bull and Big East Coast Bias as well as writing on European Soccer as well. He plans on attending the University of Illnois at Chicago (UIC) in the fall with a major in computer science. You can follow him on Twitter : @VJVemu