Chiellini says goodbye: “Juventus has been everything to me”

The Italian defender Juventus Giorgio Chiellini will play his last game this Monday with the black and white shirt in front of the fans of the Turin team, who will pay tribute to him at the end of the match against the Lazioand said goodbye with a heartfelt message: “La’Juve’ has been everything for me”.

“The day has come. Tonight a whirlwind of emotions will go through me. ‘Juve’ has been everything to me. My youth, experience, maturity. The desire to win, the joy of triumph, the acceptance of defeat, the emotion of challenge, the duel on the court, my head always bandaged…”wrote the captain of the ‘Vecchia Signora’ on social networks.

Chiellini says goodbye after 16 seasons defending the Juventus motto: ‘Fino a la fine’ (Until the end). In these 16 seasons in Turin, the charismatic defender has been one of the most prolific players in the club’s history, having lifted the ‘Scudetto’ nine times (2012-2020) -consecutively-, five Italian Cups and another five Italian Super Cups.

The future of the player points to the MLS, the American league, but at the moment there is nothing official. Own Chielliniin fact, reveals that he still does not know what his future will be: “So I find myself facing the most beautiful of sunsets trying to imagine a new dawn, because the journey does not end. I still do not know what awaits me next, but it will be another time and another story.

“Three. My number. But also the sensations that now coexist in my soul”, continued the ‘azzurro’ international.

“Joy for an adventure that has ended like this, for having fulfilled all dreams, imaginable or not, and to remain forever in the history of this great club,” he added.

“Serenity. Choosing the right moment to say goodbye, leaving with a level consistent with what I have been, having shared so many values ​​and emotions that no one will ever be able to erase,” he stressed.

“And thanks. For all of Juventus, for the Agnelli family (owners of the club), who have adopted me all these years, for my loved ones and for all the people I love, without whom I would not be the person I am now. “, he expressed.

“Thank you for welcoming me, putting up with me, supporting me and for giving meaning to the meaning of the word dream. Thank you, ‘Fino a la fine’, thank you,” he said.

Chielliniwho already announced a few weeks ago his withdrawal from the Italian team after the next game against Argentina In the call Champions Leaguealso known as ‘Finalissima’, will say goodbye to the youth team together with the Argentine Paulo Dybalawhich will also cease to be part of the Italian coach’s project Massimiliano Allegri as soon as this campaign ends.