2023-09-23 01:40:03
09/22/2023 8:40 p.m. Updated on 09/22/2023 9:16 p.m.
Alejandro Gomez had terminated his contract with Sevilla close to the closing of the transfer book in Europe and he was expected to sign a contract with a club in the United Arab Emirates. And that didn’t happen. What will happen to the future of Papu? He gave a surprising answer.
“I am enjoying my stay in Seville, but I am waiting for the right opportunity. If it doesn’t come, I might consider quitting. “I gave everything for football and I don’t want to end up bitter.”he declared in an interview with journalist Matteo Spini, from the newspaper Eco Di Bergamo.
The offensive midfielder, world champion with the Argentine National Team in Qatar 2022, was interviewed by the media about his past at Atalanta, where he had a high rating until he left, after a dispute with coach Gasperini.
The phrase from the former San Lorenzo and Arsenal does not sentence his future, there is a possibility that he will not play professionally again.
A month ago, he played in the European Super Cup with Sevilla, the defeat with City.
“Looking back and realizing that I won a World Cup is still surreal. It makes me realize that all the hard work and dedication in my career has paid off in a way I never imagined,” he reflected on the title achieved with Lionel Scaloni’s team.
The coach did not call him back after the maximum appointment and it is impossible for him to be considered if he is not playing.
The link with Atalanta
There were versions that linked Papu, 35, with a second stage at Atalanta, but it had been denied by the player’s representative. “Although Argentina will always be in my heart, Europe is where I want to live. But one thing is certain: I want to return to Bergamo to feel the love of the people,” he said in the note with the Italian media.
Sevilla, with the loss of Alejandro Gómez, managed to free up the salary mass to hire Mariano Díaz, Soumaré and Sergio Ramos, as explained by Estadio Deportivo, in that city.
Papu had continuity with the Andalusians: 90 games and ten goals in two and a half years. The last one was on August 16 in Greece, where he lost the European Super Cup against Manchester City, in a penalty shootout.
Your contribution to the National Team
Papu scored three goals, two of them in the 2021 Copa América, in 17 games with the Albiceleste. His debut was with Jorge Sampaoli as coach. In addition, he was Under 20 world champion in Canada 2007, with Hugo Tocalli as coach.
Papu celebrates the last Europa League with his teammates.
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