After a year of unemployment, the once-green heroes seem to be standing at a crossroads in their careers.
Will this group of players, who once shone in the green, choose to continue to wait for fate in this summer's transfer window, or choose to exit the soccer stage in disgrace?
With the announcement of Kessie to join Barcelona, the AC Milan 11-member squad signed for 100 million euros in the summer of 2017 has all left the team. The first signing of the "Rigo Era", La Liga's best center back, Musacchio, ceased to be a member of the Red and Blacks in January last year. The Argentine's career was initially smooth, but unfortunately, he was not only injured by Kessie in the game, but also affected by the new crown epidemic, calf pain for a long time, making his relationship with Milan more and more distant.
Musacchio was not immune to Lazio's veteran-laden squad, with a return fumble and accumulation of yellow cards making his six-month stint with the Blue Eagles less than stellar. When his contract expired, he failed to get an extension, which was to be expected. Over the past year, the Argentine has been rumored to be signing with the likes of Real Betis and Genoa, but the most recent offer to him has been downgraded to Batafogo in the Barclays Premier League. After all, his unspecified injury and unwillingness to play off the bench temperament would make any potential owner think twice.
Four years ago, although dos Santos is no longer the main force of the Mexican national team, but the No. 10 jersey still belongs to the former golden boy. Now, only four months from the World Cup in Qatar, the former "Chosen Son" but basically to say goodbye to the Asian tour. Dos Santos has been idle since his contract was terminated last year with the Mexican Premier League's America.
Dos Santos' career has been plagued by injuries. During his time with America, the biggest talking point he created was not spectacular crosses and goals, but a piece of flesh plucked from his thigh by an opposing player's studs. After former Real Madrid boss Solari took over, the injury-prone dos Santos gradually lost his place in the team. Last summer, dos Santos's father, former Brazilian international footballer Zizinho unfortunately infected with a new crown died, to the former golden boy has brought a huge blow, physically and mentally exhausted, he is too old to fight again, there is no power to speak of.
Perhaps the greatest embarrassment in life is when a former teammate makes history, but he has long since retired, and 33-year-old Wales striker Robson Kanu may be regretting his decision to withdraw from the squad. Since last year, the Red Dragons have made it to the knockout stages of the Europa League and then made a historic return to the World Cup. When he quit the team, Robson-Kanu thought he had reached the peak of his life, but who would have guessed that there were two more peaks, still in front of him?
Robson-Kanu's 'early retirement' was a direct result of being sent out of the Wales squad after breaching quarantine rules (some media reports suggest curfew rules) during training. During his five years at West Bromwich, the Welshman lacked a presence at the club and didn't score a double in a single season in the Championship until the 2019-20 season, making it inevitable that the two sides would part ways after their contracts expired last summer. After a year of inactivity, Robson-Kanu has not received any offers - after all, the 33-year-old is a bit of an anachronism in the Championship, where newcomers are emerging.
From an iron man to a sickly man, it may only take a season.In the 2019-20 season, Asamoah, who made only 11 appearances due to injury, was put on the other side of the book by Inter, and the Blue and Blacks preferred to pay out €1.5 million in severance in order to stop their losses in time. In to Reading, Sampdoria, Montreal Impact and other teams to ask for millions of annual salary unsuccessful, Asamoah until the following year before the closing of the winter window, only with Cagliari short six months, the end of up to a few months of the "desertion". However, the trip to Sardinia for the Ghanaian, the same nightmare. Although Asamoah made his 250th Serie A start here, he was sent off at the end of the season, leaving only nine appearances on his record.
Asamoah celebrated his 33rd birthday in December last year, Juve still did not forget to bless the old general on social media, but from 2020 will no longer be called up by the Ghanaian national team, and now the cartilage injury of the knee is doubtful Asamoah, the stock in the tank is really doubtful, and with the practice of the general state of the African players who are getting older and then decline rapidly, the Ghanaian wants to end the idle is really difficult.
Six years ago, he was still the main gun under Conte, six years later, he can only rely on the beautiful lover to barely maintain the sense of existence. After earning the biggest bucket of gold in the Chinese Super League, Pelé, who is a double winner in the field of love, finally ended his long love affair with Varga this summer and officially entered the marriage hall. However, the groom's job description, I'm afraid, will make the officiant difficult - since last summer and Parma parted ways so far, Pelé has been in a state of inactivity.
After leaving Shandong Luneng, Pelé chose the relegation situation of Parma, as his return to the motherland landing place. However, this door in the Chinese Super League mighty "Italian gun", back to his hometown but dumb fire, Serie A appearance 13 times but only in the home and Genoa battle in the gun once. Since the idle, Pelé is not lack of job opportunities, the mother team Lecce has been eagerly waiting for the return of the wandering son, the loss of center Zapata Atalanta, also considered giving Pelé a short contract, but in the end, the social media is almost all in the and Varga spreading dog food Pelé, did not take the trick - after all, life is so beautiful, still need to think about soccer?
As an important bench player in the msn era, the Brazilian defender Adriano, who can play both sides of the road, ended the six years of red and blue years, but ushered in the life of the unexpected "overturned": the Brazilian not only failed to use the experience of the Turkish Premier League Besiktas "technical poverty alleviation "Instead of using experience to "technical poverty alleviation", but by the Spanish tax authorities to find the door, the protracted lawsuit, so that the Brazilian physical and mental fatigue, the state is also deteriorating. In the end, after paying a large fine, Adriano was able to avoid jail time. There were rumors that he would join his former Barcelona teammate Iniesta at Kobe Victory, the top team in the J-League, but nothing came of it.
After leaving Turkey in 2019, Adriano also stopped changing his social media, and after bouncing around low-profile with Atletico Parana in the Barclays Premier League and Auburn in Belgium, the Brazilian, who was celebrating his third natal year, was still unemployed last summer. Now that he's getting closer to 40, there's not much time left for Adriano to play.
