Napoli-Mertens, the latest on the negotiation for extension

Napoli continues to work on extending the contracts for their key players. After meeting with Insigne's agents, the partnopei are focused on keeping Dries Mertens long term. Before today's match, president Aurelio De Laurentiis met with the Belgian striker's lawyers Francjis Stijn and Laurence Melotte in an office at the San Paolo stadium - this was an informal meeting to reiterate Napoli's willingness to meet the player's demands for an annual salary of €4 million net of taxes, in addition Mertens wants a relatively low exit clause effective next season which would allow him to leave for another league, like he Chinese one, should an offer too good to pass up should arrive. Napoli wI'll however still have to wait to complete the extension for a player that has proven to be indispensable in Sarri's system.