While the mayor of Naples has just announced his intention to make Dries Mertens an honorary citizen of the citythe Red Devil remains free of any contract and has not yet found the right fit while the main European championships resume.
City at Olympique de Marseille, at Lazio or at Juventus, Mertens could take the direction of Turkey in the coming weeks. Knowledgeable about the negotiations of the Italian – and international – transfer window, journalist Gianluca Di Marzio evokes a pressing interest from Galatasaray.
The Sky Sport Italia transfer window specialist even reveals the details of the Istanbul club’s proposal : a contract valued at 4 million euros net (excluding bonuses) and automatic renewal in the event of qualification for the Champions League.
Determined to return to Naples very regularly, the Louvanist would also have been offered other benefits such as 30 Turkish Airlines flights to Naples and Brussels. A house and a driver would also be made available to him.
“It is an important and very well structured offer. The Belgian striker is thinking about it concretely and would be ready to accept it”we are still learning.
In the meantime, Napoli are looking for a replacement for the Red Devil. It could be the Italy international Giacomo Raspadori. The Neapolitan coach Luciano Spalletti would have preferred to keep Mertens in his core. This is what he explained in an interview with Corriere della Sera. “Neither I nor the club pushed Mertens out. He could have given us a big hand but the club made him an offer and he didn’t accept it”summarized Spalletti.
