Dries Mertens and Naples, an indissoluble love, despite the significant distance between the Belgian and the Neapolitan city.
Dries Mertens he will always remain inextricably linked to Napoli. The Belgian, who arrived almost as a complete stranger in 2013, has found his way into the good graces of fans and the city in just a few years. Great plays, unique shots that even made a certain Maradona fall in love, but also and above all that unique ability to immerse yourself together with your wife in the new living context.
After nine years, somewhat surprisingly, the Belgian and Napoli have decided to separate, thanks to the decision of Aurelio De Laurentiis to give a turning point to his club through a real revolution, the one that delivered the scudetto to the city. A restyling that made no concessions: it wasn’t just Mertens who left the shadow of Vesuvius after years: Insigne, in the team from the youth team, Koulibaly, who arrived eight years earlier, up to Ospina, now a true leader of the dressing room, were truly many to be put “aside”.
Mertens – Napoli: infinite love, the images of the Belgian with his son are fantastic
Despite this, Dries Mertens, unlike the aforementioned colleagues, has not missed an opportunity to return to the city, to what he still calls his home today. The choice to keep the house in Palazzo Donn’Anna, where Dries lived during his time with the Azzurri, is emblematic.
A house that has seen the Belgian return several times over the last twenty-four months, in the company of his inseparable wife and little Ciro Romeo. Yes, because as if that wasn’t enough, Mertens chose to call his firstborn that way in 2022, registering him at the registry office with the nickname that the city of Naples had given to him. An incredible story, especially in modern football.
Precisely through social media, the images have circulated that have moved all the fans and which see Mertens sharing a moment that is, to say the least, not very touching with little Ciro Romeo, on the beach of Ischia. Below, the video published on the aforementioned social network, which immortalizes Mertens walking tenderly holding Ciro’s hand:
In short, those published by the Belgian are wonderful images, strengthening the feeling of common love that binds and will forever bind Mertens to the city of Naples. A story that perhaps would have deserved a different epilogue, despite this, nothing has managed to undermine this feeling.
