Dries Mertens drew level with Marek Hamsik as Napoli’s joint-top goalscorer of all time with his strike against Barcelona, which took his tally to 121 goals, via OptaPaolo.
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The Belgian received Piotr Zielinski’s pass and touched it out of his feet, before curling a wonderful effort into the top corner from the edge of the box.
This has excited plenty of Everton fans, who are now hoping that they will be able to bring the 32-year-old to Goodison Park.
There is a general hum of excitement among Toffees fans, feeling that Carlo Ancelotti should dip back into Napoli – where he managed between July 2018 and December 2019 – to secure the signing of Mertens.
After the dancing that the attacker brought out to celebrate his goal, Evertonians are getting excited by the idea of seeing him replicating that with the likes of Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Yerry Mina.
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This is all helped by the fact that his contract with the Neapolitan outfit comes to an end during the summer of 2020.
There is also specific excitement about the prospect of seeing him play alongside Richarlison, feeling he would be great for the Brazilian “to learn from”.
In his 25 Premier League matches this season, the 22-year-old has recorded 10 goals and three assists for the Toffees.
It is pretty understandable that the idea of adding someone who has six goals from six Champions League starts and a substitute appearance is an exciting prospect.
Meanwhile, Calvert-Lewin posted on Instagram after the loss against Arsenal.