Dries Mertens asked for a wage hike of €1m from napoli. Chelsea might face the same issue if they want to sign Mertens.
The Belgian winger Dries Mertens is getting ready for a transfer bids by the reopening of the suspended football market. Mertens become a free agent as per the contract expiry this season. The player is enjoying the conditions in San Paolo. He demands a salary hike of €1 million to stay on the Italian side.
SSC Napoli is placed 6th in the league table and the most affected Italy didn’t announce any reopening of the season.
They are still struggling to fight the pandemic and clubs are polishing their armory for the restart. Dries Mertens signed for Gli Azzuri in 2013 from Dutch side PSV Eindhoven. After a 7 year campaign, Mertens is looking for a new contract.
The 33-year-old striker doing well with balls and a promised starter for Gennaro Gattuso. The season stats justify his consistency with 12 goals and 6 assists from 29 games. The €20 million stars can go forward with this consistency for a couple of years.
A team can use the talent of Mertens with fine attacking strategies.