Today they celebrate their 50th birthday at Utrecht, so De Telegraaf went to visit Frans Van Seumeren. Proud owner of the club.
The owner was asked about his best players ever in a Utrecht shirt. Names like Kevin Strootman, Sebastien Haller and Erik Pieters are reviewed, but it is especially Dries Mertens who gets praise.
“Our Dries. I enjoyed it every moment. Everyone said that he was too small and that Utrecht was his top. In the meantime he is the top shooter of all time of the Italian top club Napoli. He is the best player I have ever played in a Utrecht- shirt, “says Van Seumeren.
Mertens left for PSV for more than 5 million euros and is now causing a furore at Napoli. In the youth academy of Anderlecht he was sent on because they thought he was too small.
