The confirmation, although not yet official, announced it himself, in the belly of the Dall'Ara. Commenting on the number 16 goal with which he ended the championship, Dries Mertens admitted that, in the end, he will remain: "I still have another year of contract and stay here. On the pitch I didn't feel the feeling that this could have been my last match with the Napoli shirt ". His intuition could be the right one. It is not excluded, in fact, that soon the Belgian striker can be summoned by Aurelio De Laurentiis to discuss the extension of the current agreement of at least another season, or until June 2021. A recognition of the professionalism of this boy who 'is tied with all of itself to the project of the president but, above all, to the city. His relationship with Naples and the Neapolitans is very strong, for him the fans boast.

To accelerate the extension time we thought Carlo Ancelotti that in anticipating the promoted for next season, he also included Mertens in the list. On the Belgian national team he counts a lot, the coach. Also yesterday evening, at the Dall'Ara, his entry gave a change of pace to the race, the attacker guaranteed more thrust and did not miss the opportunity to score: it was his go to the momentary tie. Until that time, Napoli had had little consistency in the offensive phase, Insigne and Verdi did not convince, to the point that at the beginning of the second half, Ancelotti replaced them with Mertens and Callejon. "I want to be even more important for the team, I had some difficulty in tactical change and to find a place, but in the end I succeeded. We have a good offensive system which I think works well," explained Mertens.