I think this is something special about Italy; waking up, taking the coffee in the morning and talking only about football. Dries Mertens Read Quote
You know a dog loves you for who you are; they don’t know if you’re a soccer player or not. Sometimes people treat you good because you’re a footballer or because you’re famous, but a dog doesn’t know it. Dries Mertens Read Quote
Neapolitan people are always outside. They are not in front of the television. Dries Mertens Read Quote
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. Dries Mertens Read Quote
Football in Italy is like a wonderful sickness, because people are infected with this love for the sport from childhood to old age. Dries Mertens Read Quote
It’s not easy to be on a diet when you play for Napoli – the food is really good. Dries Mertens Read Quote
I was still on the bench at the beginning in Naples, then I started to play and I wanted to enjoy my moments. I worked so hard to get into the team and I didn’t want to leave – that would have been too easy. Dries Mertens Read Quote
