The agent of Inter winger Matteo Politano has spoken about how his client was close to signing for Napoli before Inter swooped for the 25-year-old, taking him on loan with an option to buy.
Davide Lippi, who is also the agent of Juventus captain Giorgio Chiellini, spoke to a radio station in Italy, where he confirmed that Politano, who only has one international cap to his name, was close to joining Napoli before his switch to San Siro.
According to sources on the Italian website Calcio Mercato, the agent said: "Last January Napoli did everything and more to take Politano and I did my best to help him, then there were a lot of problems with Sassuolo.