Dries Mertens has written himself into Napoli history after joining Marek Hamsik on 121 goals for the club.
Mertens, who was continually linked with a move to Chelsea in January, has now scored six Champions League goals in 2019/20 – his best-ever return in a single European campaign.
Hamsik initially broke the record of Diego Maradona (115) in December 2017 but the Belgium international has now equalled that against Barcelona tonight.
His stunning curling effort against Catalan giants put the Azzurri 1-0 ahead in Naples, although his effort was later cancelled out by Antoine Griezmann in the second half.
The Blues are believed to have made an enquiry about the availability of the forward as Frank Lampard looked to solve his side’s goalscoring problems last month.
It remains to be seen whether the Blues will try again in the summer, but the latest gossip from Italy suggested they would face competition from Inter Milan, who are of course managed by former Blues boss Antonio Conte.
The Blues failed to land any of their January targets with Borussia Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho and Red Bull Leipzig’s Timo Werner both not being available until the summer.
While Lyon ruled out selling Moussa Dembele and Crystal Palace's valuation of winger Wilfried Zaha was reportedly deemed too high.
Mertens will now be available on a free transfer in the summer should he not agree a new contract with Napoli, and as such would represent something of a bargain for Lampard - especially with Pedro and Willian in similar contractual situations.
