Chelsea and Italy left-back Emerson Palmieri will have his Olympique Lyonnais medical today, as it emerges he was tired of waiting for Napoli.
The Brazil-born Italy international was in the side that won the UEFA EURO 2020 tournament this summer.
He had hoped for a return to Serie A and a reunion with former Roma coach Luciano Spalletti at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona.
However, Lyon pipped Napoli to the post, agreeing a dry loan without option to buy at the end of the season.
According to le10sport in France, Lyon will pay Chelsea €0.75m for the loan, covering his whole €2.5m net salary.
It’s reported that coach Peter Bosz repeatedly called Emerson to convince him of the move to Ligue 1.
Radio Kiss Kiss also confirm that Napoli were unable to give the ‘financial guarantees’ of Lyon, were keeping him waiting too long for a breakthrough and might now give up on finding a new left-back.
They signed Juan Jesus as a free agent, and the ex-Roma defender can play as a centre-back or on the left.