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Atlético de Madrid
It is today one of the most prestigious clubs in Europe. A true magnet for many players, who see in the entity a place where they can grow in sports and professionals.
But not everyone has the same priorities, of course. And the example is Simone scuffet
. To the mattress fans it may not sound too much. Nor to the Italian fans themselves, but the goal of Udine starred in a curious story a few years ago that has now taken an unexpected turn. When he was 17 he could have been a mattress maker, it was at the time when he stood out as the new great Italian goalkeeper and was even summoned by the 'Azzurra’Absolute for some workouts. His debut in Serie A came with the Juventus jersey on February 1, 2014 at the Bologna-Udinese, he was not even of legal age, thanks to an injury to the goalkeeper of the Brkic.
In reality, the trajectory of the 24-year-old meta has already been a veritable Ferris wheel. The mattress team bet heavily on the Italian goalkeeper before Jan Oblak He ended up at the rojiblanco club as a bet for the future but the transalpine goalkeeper refused to sign.
He was the fashionable doorman, everyone loved him. They related him to Juventus, AC Milan… but he opted to stay at his club, for a very personal matter.
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In Italy they baptized him as the 'new Buffon'And years after that and betting on staying in Udine, the goal lived the hardest of football. It ended in the How in the B series (Italian Second Division), had to go to Kasimpasa turkish and returned to La Spezia, where he has once again sneaked into the covers of the Italian press as the goal of promotion to the A series of this historic club.
The meta has always maintained that he never regretted not having placed himself at the orders of Simeone
. “I do not regret having said 'no' to Atlético de Madrid. I felt like I was doing the right thing. And it seemed appropriate to do so at the time. (…) I not only stayed in Italy for my studies, to finish high school. I chose Udine for its environment, for its goalkeeping training… I wanted to continue growing there but… ”, he explained a few years ago.
That 'no' to Athletic It changed everything for him. Because from that moment on, his plummet began. In Como he conceded 52 goals in 35 games with many criticized performances, flagrant errors and with the team relegated. Returned to Udinese and in the next two seasons he only played 19 games. Until Bizarri, who was 40 years old already, was ahead of him. Then your loan to Turkey. Another failure, 11 appearances and 24 goals conceded.
At his lowest point he was returning to Italy, back to Second, to the ranks of La Spezia, where he started on the bench. But as of October he became the undisputed headline where he has finally starred in a great campaign, helping a historic rise. In the next course he will be seen in the elite,