‘Let’s take Mertens’: the Italian Big team brings him back to Serie A | Last ride before retirement

The former Napoli striker is ready to return to our championship, with a top club determined to give him one last big chance.

It’s been almost two years since Dries Mertens, whose contract with Napoli is expiring, said goodbye to Campania and our Serie A after 9 seasons, all spent with the blue shirt. In a football life lived in its best period right in the shadow of Vesuvius, the Belgian now wears the Galatasaray shirt with great honor.

After Aurelio De Laurentiis’ farewell to the club, ‘Ciro’, as he was nicknamed by the Neapolitan fans, he joined the Turkish team on a free transfer. If many thought that for him it was just an early retirement, the numbers proved the opposite. The 36-year-old did very well last year, and the same thing is happening this season, despite his advancing age.

And it is precisely for this reason that we are starting to think of a sensational move for Mertens future in a big one in our championship. In fact, the attacker has entered the sights of a top Italian club, determined to bring him back to Serie A to allow him one last great opportunity before hanging up his boots.

No retirement for Mertens

In recent months, the Belgian footballer’s words had led to thoughts of his retiring from playing football at the end of the season. However, a few days ago Dries seems to have almost completely retracted these statements, saying he was available to play again.

Given the important numbers it is achieving therefore for him there have begun to be rumors of a return to the Serie TOmore particularly in a big league in our league, which wants to rely on the great experience and quality of the former Napoli player to strengthen the offensive department for next year.

Where could the Belgian play?

Mertens’ contract expires in June, and as a result he could move for free to a new club. Today it seems that Fiorentinalooking for a quality footballer capable of scoring goals, could be a more than plausible destination.

At the moment these are only market hypotheses, but further down the line it cannot be ruled out that something will move in this direction. We’ll see how things develop in the future, with the chance to see Ciro again in Italy which risks taking hold in a concrete way.