LIVERPOOL flop Andrea Dossena is set to end his Liverpool nightmare by securing a January loan switch to Napoli. (The Sun)Dossena, 28, is one of under-fire Reds boss Rafa Benitez's worst signings and has failed to convince the Spaniard he deserves a first-team berth.

LIVERPOOL flop Andrea Dossena is set to end his Liverpool nightmare by securing a January loan switch to Napoli. (The Sun)

Dossena, 28, is one of under-fire Reds boss Rafa Benitez's worst signings and has failed to convince the Spaniard he deserves a first-team berth.

The Italian cost �7 million when he joined from Udinese in the summer of 2008.

Benitez has come under huge criticism for selling John Arne Riise to Roma for �4 million and paying a much bigger fee for Dossena who has struggled to make any impact on the starting line-up at Anfield.

The left-back has played just one minute in the Premier League this season - in the 3-2 win at Bolton in August.

He has dropped behind Emiliano Insua in the pecking order and is desperate to secure a move back to his homeland to revive his career.

Napoli boss Walter Mazzari is keen to take Dossena on loan until the end of the season with a view to a permanent deal.

But it is understood Dossena's wages, thought to be around �40,000 a week, could prove a stumbling block to a full transfer.