Marouane Fellaini is being offered the chance by Italian club Napoli to end his Manchester United nightmare.
Sportsmail reported last month that Fellaini is not wanted at Old Trafford by new United manager Louis van Gaal.
Now it is understood that United and Napoli have begin tentative negotiations over the transfer of a player who never settled to life under David Moyes at Old Trafford last season.
Now it is understood that United and Napoli have begin tentative negotiations over the transfer of a player who never settled to life under David Moyes at Old Trafford last season.
Fellaini's agent denied
suggestions on Monday night there was a meeting between the player and Napoli's
technical director Riccardo Bigon at the Sheraton Hotel at Brussels
Airport over the weekend.
However
Fellini is aware of Napoli's interest and that the club's manager
Rafael Benitez believes he can turn him back in to the buccaneering
forward player he was when he was at Everton and wants to utilise his
physical presence.
Fellaini, for his part, has accepted that Van Gaal
doesn't want him and is open to the move.
However,
United want a cash sale for a player who cost £27.5m while Napoli wish
to explore the possibility of a loan. That would probably only be
acceptable to United if Napoli could fund all of Fellaini's
£100,000-a-week wage packet.
On Monday,
Fellaini was back in Manchester after his efforts with Belgium in the
World Cup.
Because his country reached the last eight of the tournament,
he was not required to join United's tour of America and was back at
Carrington with compatriot Adnan Januzaj for physical testing on Monday.