Napoli to wrap up Pepe Reina loan deal

Liverpool will transfer Pepe Reina to Napoli on a season long loan deal, and according to club manager Brendan Rodgers, the deal will ease the financial burden on the Anfield side.

Reina has been told that he is not expected to be a regular in the first team for the new season and Simon Mignolet has been brought in as a permanent replacement.


"Financially it is something we needed to look at," Rodgers told the Liverpool Echo.

"That would be the reason because obviously you wouldn’t move on a top goalkeeper.

"It reared its head over the last few months and I had to prepare for it by bringing in a new goalkeeper.

"Pepe is a good guy. I’ve a lot of time for him, and he understands what I want to do totally.

"He’s got a big season ahead because it’s a World Cup year and one where, if he wasn’t going to be playing, could severely harm his chances of going."