While in talks with many of their players on a deal extension, Napoli management have instead decided being done with Belgian international winger/forward Dries Mertens (32), after current season's over. According to La Repubblica, Azzurri veteran, playing for Italian giants since 2013/14, and having made a front-row career out of said course, is already browsing follow-up choices: among those, a move back to Belgium, joining Marek Hamsik at Dalian Yifang, a rich run in Major League Soccer.
Asked about his Manchester City future, Josep Guardiola stated: "Mikel Arteta could definitely replace him, once I'm gone. He's up to task, it's just up to him. I won't threaten him with a gun, that's not my kind of behaviour with either my staf