Walters_19_MuFc
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Merterns has played on the right quite a bit, look it up
Did a bit of research.
Numbers are as follows: (according to transfermrkt)
Left Wing
Games - 188
Right Wing
Games - 18
Centre Forward
Games - 58
Second Striker
Games - 8
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dries-mertens/alletore/spieler/56416
So, you're right, he has played as a right winger before. Don't think anyone was disputing that, however as @MadMike said, and statistics would back him up, that Mertens hasn't spent much time on the right.
Think it's safe to say that I wouldn't someone who has only made 18 out of 272 starts as someone to be our right winger.
This has been our problem recently. Buying players and asking them to 'do a job'. We need specialist. Someone who knows the position and has mastered it, not people that will 'do a job'.
As for the article you posted, that doesn't say Mertens has played right wing. Sure he may pop up in those areas - guess that's down to Sarri's flexibility in the final third. However, that doesn't make him a right winger.
How many times do you see Rom pop up in the right channels? Quite often I'd say. Wouldn't want him lining up on the right wing for us, though.