The edges of their careers teeter on the brink of a long period of unemployment.
Soccer stars who have been idle for a whole year, will they continue to wait for a turnaround or quietly opt for retirement in this transfer window full of variables?
With Kessie announced to join Barcelona, the AC Milan 11-member team signed in the summer of 2017 at a high price of 100 million euros have all left the team. As the first signing of the "Rigo Era", La Liga's best center back Musacchio was no longer a member of the Red and Black Army in January last year. The Argentine, although he had a good early season, was unlucky: not only was he injured by Kessie during the match, but he also suffered from unexplained pain in his calf after the Serie A was suspended due to the new Champions League outbreak. Before leaving the team, he had refused to be substituted in matches, and his relationship with Milan had long been in name only.
At veteran-dominated Lazio, Musacchio seemed to be affected by the team's twilight, with missed returns and needless fouls making his six-month career as a Blue Eagle uneventful. It was to be expected that his contract was not renewed when it expired. The Argentine has been rumored to sign with Real Betis and Genoa over the past year, but the latest to offer him has been relegated to Botafogo in the Barclays Premier League. After all, his unspecified injury and unwillingness to play off the bench make any potential hosts something to consider carefully.
Four years ago at the World Cup in Russia, dos Santos is no longer the main force of the Mexican national team, but the No. 10 jersey still belongs to the former soccer prodigy. Now, with only four months left before the World Cup in Qatar, the "Chosen One" seems to be saying goodbye to the Asian tour. Since last year with the Mexican super team of America since the termination of the contract, dos Santos has been in a state of idleness.
Like Dos Santos, Dos Santos has been plagued by injuries throughout his career. During his time with America, the biggest news he made was not spectacular individual performances or goals, but rather having a piece of flesh plucked out of his thigh by an opposing player's cleat. The injury-plagued dos Santos lost trust when former Real Madrid boss Solari took over at America's team last summer. Last summer, his father, former Brazilian international Zizinho unfortunately died due to the new crown, to the former golden boy has brought a huge blow, under the physical and mental exhaustion, over thirty years old Mexican winger to fight again in the jungle, motivation?
Life's greatest embarrassment may be when former teammates continue to make history, but he has quietly retired. 33-year-old Wales striker Robson Kanu, may be regretting his decision to quit the national team. After all, from last year until now, the "Red Dragons" first into the knockout rounds of the European Cup, and then a historic return to the World Cup. Robson Kanu, who thought he had reached the pinnacle of his life when he quit the team, didn't realize that there were two more peaks in front of him.
Of course, Robson-Kanu's 'early retirement' was a direct result of being sent off for violating quarantine rules (or curfew rules, according to some media reports) while training with the Welsh squad. During his five years at West Bromwich, he lacked a presence in the team 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 parted 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, which is full of newcomers.
From the iron blood warrior to the sick kid, perhaps only a season. 2019-20 season, due to injury only 11 appearances of Asamoah, was Inter into the cold palace, the hands of the blue and black legion is not generous would rather lose 1.5 million euros severance, but also to stop the loss in a timely manner. In to Reading, Sampdoria, Montreal Impact and other teams to ask for millions of annual salary unsuccessful, until the following year before the winter window closes, Asamoah and Cagliari short half a year, the end of up to a few months of "desertion". However, the trip to Sardinia was also a nightmare for the Ghanaian, and although he made his 250th Serie A start here, he was sent out of the island at the end of the season, leaving behind a record of only nine appearances.
Asamoah celebrated his 33rd birthday in December last year, Juve still did not forget to wish the old general on social media, but from 2020 will no longer be called up by the Ghana national team, and now the cartilage injury of the knee is doubtful Asamoah, his state is really worrying, and with the African players getting older after the general state of the practice of a rapid decline in the Ghanaian players want to end the end of 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 barely maintain the sense of existence. After earning the biggest fortune of his life in the Chinese Super League, Pelé, who has been in love with both the pitch and the field, finally ended his long love affair with Varga this summer and officially entered the marriage hall. However, the identity of the groom, I'm afraid, will make the officiant difficult - since last summer and Parma parted ways, Pelé has been in a state of pending employment.
After leaving Shandong Luneng, Pelé chose Parma, where the relegation situation is grim, as the landing point for his return to his homeland. However, this in the Chinese Super League mighty "Italian gun", back to his hometown but mute fire, Serie A appearances 13 times but only in the home and Genoa battle fired once. Since the idle, Pelé is not lack of job opportunities, the mother team Lecce had eagerly hope that he returned, the loss of center Zapata Atalanta had also considered giving him a short-term contract, but in the end, the social media is almost all and Varga show love Pelé, did not accept the invitation - after all, life is so beautiful, you need to bother about soccer! What's the point?
As an important replacement player in the MSN era, the Brazilian defender Adriano, who can play on both sides of the road, ushered in an unexpected "rollover" at the end of the six-year red and blue years of his life: the Brazilian not only failed to "help the poor" with his experience, but was instead brought to the door of the Spanish tax authorities by a protracted lawsuit that left him physically and mentally exhausted and his condition deteriorated. "Instead, he was approached by the Spanish tax authorities, and the protracted lawsuit made him physically and mentally exhausted and his condition deteriorated. In the end, after paying a large fine, Adriano was able to avoid prison. During this period, there were rumors that he would join his former Barcelona teammate Iniesta at the J-League's top team, Kobe Victory, 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.
