40 Quotes by Dries Mertens

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    My initials are D.M., just like Diego Maradona. And just like him, I want to be remembered by the people of Naples.

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    I have become a bargain - where do you find a player who scores 28 goals in Serie A and costs €28m? Nowhere, right?

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    People who aren't in love with Napoli have simply never seen it as I have. And the people who are in love know this love is eternal.

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    I am not Lionel Messi, I'm not Maradona, I'm just Dries and I'm happy with that.

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    When I lived in Holland, it was a lot of television, watching Netflix all the time. You eat at 6 o'clock, 7 o'clock, you are finished at 8, and then you go lay down. You rest. That's what I did in Holland.

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    The people at Utrecht know that I'm always looking to improve myself and that I want to get the maximum out of my career.

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    I received an offer from China: I would've earned an incredible sum. But Napoli didn't want me to go, and I wanted to stay. So nothing came of it.

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