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Manchester United are understood to have held secret talks with Napoli forward Dries Mertens ahead of a potential move to Old Trafford this summer.
The Belgian international has been leading the line for the Naples outfit ever since Arek Milik sustained a knee problem at the start of the campaign.
Milik has, however, returned from his long-standing injury over the past month but Mertens appears to have made the centre-forward position his own.
According to II Mattino, United had sent representatives to meet up with Mertens in Napoli earlier in the week in order to push through a summer transfer.
Mertens has already netted 23 across all competitions this term, and he looks on course to break his best ever tally of 27 goals in a single season with PSV between 2011 and 2012.
The attacker had opened the goalscoring for Napoli against Real Madrid in the Champions League last-16, second leg, but this was not sufficient for their progress as they lost 6-2 on aggregate.
Written by Sri Aswin
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