Juventus, Buffon surprise: here's what his jersey number will be (photo Ansa)
TURIN – Gigi Buffon has resumed Juventus at the age of 41. After a year of golden exile in Paris, which did not go exactly as he would have expected, especially in the Champions League , the former Italian national goalkeeper returns to Turin to try to win the big-eared cup before hanging up his boots .
This is Buffon's last year as a footballer. Then he will start a managerial career with Juventus alongside Paratici and Pavel Nedved (his old black and white teammate). Buffon will not wear the captain's armband, which will remain on the arm of Giorgio Chiellini, and will not have the number 1 shirt but will wear the 77 he had already shown off at the time of Parma.
Buffon undertook medical examinations early this morning, to welcome him out of J-Medical there were many fans who enthusiastically greeted his return to base. Buffon himself wanted to put his emotions into writing today. He did it with the following post published on Instagram.
"I decided to come back.
Because when your family calls you can not answer "present". A new path of my long journey begins. I return to the place that I have always loved to call "home" and I do it with unchanged courage, boundless affection and incredible determination.
It's a new beginning. In some ways different from what it was, but rich in the same emotions and the same joy.
I go back to Turin because I know I can be useful.
I come back because a Lady's invitation cannot be refused.
I'll be back because this is my home! #until the end".
"I returned to Juventus not to take something but to give something." Gigi Buffon says this on the sidelines of the inauguration of the new Juventus flagship store. "An incredible return – Buffon adds – are the testimony that anything can happen in life. I spoke with Szczesny who offered me the number one, Chiellini offered me the captain's armband but I didn't come back to get something. They were very kind, but I refused. I will take the number 77 that I had in Parma ”(source Ansa).
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