according to The Sun, the Portuguese boss is looking to Serie A and Napoli's Dries Mertens, with an eye to paying his £25 million release clause in order to bring him to Old Trafford.
Mertens joined Napoli from PSV Eindhoven in 2013, but his scoring return took some time to materialise, with the 30-year-old scoring 45 goals in Italy's top flight over the last two campaigns and helping the Naples club push Juventus to the wire for this year's Scudetto.
The outlet suggests that the Belgium international's affordable fee as well as his versatility -- he can line up as a striker or an attacking midfielder -- has led Man United to reach out to "Mertens' entourage to enquire over his availability."
And a possible further peak into Mourinho's summer plans came in his postmatch comments following the Brighton loss when he said his fringe players simply weren't good enough and that is why they "don't play more."
However, one of those fringe players that wasn't good enough was Anthony Martial, who has been linked with Juventus among other clubs in recent weeks ahead of a possible summer departure from United. But French outlet RMC says the opposite is actually true for the France international, with Mourinho promising he'll use the 22-year-old in his preferred centre-forward role next season.
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