God in Istanbul. After a transfer saga of several months, Dries Mertens has finally found his new club. At Galatasaray, the 35-year-old Red Devil will earn a net three million euros per year. Not bad, but before he signed with the Turkish top club, Ciro did not accept a contract of no less than five million net. “And there were other offers from big clubs,” said Galatasaray vice president Erdun Timur
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After ten years in Naples, Dries Mertens’ football future lies in Istanbul for at least 1+1 year. Galatasaray had to beat a number of established names in European football for his signature: “Juventus has offered Mertens five million euros net. I saw it with my own eyes. But he couldn’t make that as a Napoli icon. There is, of course, a big rivalry between Napoli and Juventus. So he didn’t want to end his career there.”
“Apart from Juventus, there were still offers from very big clubs. But Mertens was already convinced that he wanted to come to us. He has been waiting for us exactly six days.”
“How can we convince those top players? We may not be playing European football at the moment, but we sincerely want to be European champions again. We will be Turkish champions again, we will also win European trophies again.”
And all this with our Dries Mertens.
