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Nine years ago, Dries Mertens left PSV Eindhoven to join Napoli for less than 10 million euros. The beginning of a love story between the Neapolitans and the Belgian international, which could well end this summer. At 35, the man with 397 games (148 goals and 90 assists) is coming to the end of his contract in southern Italy, and despite an optional year of extension, he is slowly heading for the exit . Recently, the newspaper the team expressed a strong interest on the part of Olympique de Marseille for the winger, but Jorge Sampaoli is far from being the only one on this file.
Direction Villarreal?
As reported by the Italian daily Gazzetta of the South, it’s the turn of Villarreal and their coach Unai Emery to go on the offensive. The newspaper even speaks of an agreement in principle between the player and the yellow submarine, winner of the Europa League in 2021 and semi-finalist of the last Champions League. The Spaniards would offer him a two-year contract to the one who became the top scorer in the history of Naples, ahead of Madarona and Hamsik. In addition, Valencia and Gennaro Gattuso, his former coach at Napoli, tried their luck, in vain. Marseille will have to quickly accelerate and be convincing so as not to find themselves definitively let go.
