Chelsea 'could make a second bid' for Dries Mertens after it emerged the Belgian backtracked on signing a new contract with Napoli.
The Blues reportedly made an offer for the 32-year-old forward back in January but this was turned down.
Now they have been offered encouragement to try again with reports in Italy suggesting Mertens is now reluctant to commit his future to Napoli.
Chelsea 'could make another offer' to sign Dries Mertens with the Belgian forward reportedly reluctant to commit to a new Napoli contract
The 32-year-old was offered a new £6.