With a contract extension seemingly imminent, the Belgian attacker is showing Maurizio Sarri he can be a reliable star for a side with big ambitions
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Having been repeatedly underestimated due to his stature, Dries Mertens - a man now reported to be drawing admiring glances from Manchester United - has always been proving doubters wrong.
After Anderlecht and Gent cast him aside because he was too small, he found success in Netherlands at AGOVV and then Utrecht, impressing enough to have his former coach Georges Leekens come calling – this time with the national team.