(ANSA) – NAPLES, 03 AUG – “Dear Neapolitans, my fellow citizens, I knew that this day would eventually come but I never knew how difficult it would be for me to greet this city that adopted, loved, supported me in difficult times and wonderful “. Thus Dries Mertens begins his video on Instagram in which he says goodbye to the Neapolitans, to the fellow citizens of what the Belgian now considers his city.
Mertens, absolute record holder in the number of goals scored with the blue shirt, 148 in nine seasons, sits on the sofa at home with his son in his arms, born a few months ago and whom he called with the name that had become his name for Napoli fans, Ciro Mertens.
“The records and the victories – he says – will be in the books but the people and the city will remain forever in my heart. I am very proud that my son Ciro was born in Naples and when he goes around the world he will always be a Neapolitan. Me. I was not born here like him, but for nine years Naples has been my land and we all know that the city is always part of my blood, which is why I decided to keep my house on the Gulf, so I can come back here as much as possible. To the club, my colleagues, the coaches, the fans and friends and every Neapolitan I can only say one word, ‘thank you’. My departure didn’t go as I wanted too but it’s not a farewell, just a goodbye “. “It’s not goodbye but how much fun we had”, concludes the Belgian striker who now feels Neapolitan, who then closes the video with a series of images of his relationship with the city, with friends on the terraces, around the streets, on the beaches and at the sea, in the embrace of fans and goals. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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