Dries Mertens (38) announces at the end of his career during festival in Leuven: ‘I am retired’

Not with a post on social media, but on Marktrock, Dries Mertens (38) announced his farewell as a professional footballer. On stage in his hometown Leuven, Mertens said on Saturday evening that he ‘was retired’ and ‘stopped playing football’. After that, an interview showed that he still finds it difficult to put an end to his beautiful career.

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