This summer, Manchester United goalkeeper Dikia bid farewell to Old Trafford without finding a new owner, and it was even rumored that he intended to retire. However, he is not the only homeless player in the soccer world. Argentina's World Cup-winning midfielder Ejendo Gomes is also unemployed and may also choose to retire.
Gomes, 35, played for Atalanta between 2014 and 2020, scoring 59 goals in 252 matches for the Serie A side, before moving to La Liga's Xavier in January 2021. Despite making his debut in the first group stage of the World Cup, the Argentine team suffered an unexpected defeat to Saudi Arabia, and Gomes, a 1.67-meter-tall "dwarf", was dropped by coach Scaloni. After the World Cup, due to injury problems, he was reduced to Xavier's replacement, and finally in the summer was released a year ahead of schedule.