Gianluigi Buffon returns to Parma, Fabrizio Romano and know Goaljournalist Romeo Agresti. According to the former transfer expert, the 43-year-old goalkeeper has signed a contract until mid-2023. It means that after twenty years Buffon will return to the club where he started his career. Parma is expected to officially announce the arrival of Buffon on Thursday.
Romano previously reported that Buffon dreams of being a third goalkeeper with the Italian national team to the 2022 World Cup. The 176-time Italian international was last part of the team in March 2018. la Squadra Azzurra. National coach Roberto Mancini included Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan), Alex Meret (Napoli) and Salvatore Sirigu (Torino) in his selection for the European Championship. Buffon will have to put himself in the spotlight in Serie B, because Parma was relegated last season from Serie A. He prefers Parma over Eintracht Frankfurt, Olympiacos, Sporting Portugal, Flamengo, Galatasaray and Dynamo Kiev.
Buffon played in the youth academy of Parma from 1991, when he was thirteen years old. He was transferred to the first team in 1995 and made his Serie A debut in November of that year, 26 years ago now. After 168 league appearances for Parma, spread over six seasons, Buffon left for Juventus in 2001. The keeper went on to play for Juventus for 17 years before spending one season at Paris Saint-Germain before returning to Turin. He was voted Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year twelve times during his career, including 1999 and 2001, when he still played for Parma.
Buffon announced a month ago that he would not renew his expiring contract with Juventus. “I took fourteen days to think about whether I would stop or not. I have come to the conclusion that I want to continue for at least another year,” Buffon said in conversation with him earlier this week. Sky Italy. He confirmed to have had several offers.
“This includes proposals from clubs that are among the favorites in the Champions League. But I don’t want to win prizes as second goalkeeper now, I only had that for Juventus. A return to the old nest is a possibility that I’m considering,” Buffon flirted in that interview with a return to Parma. With his childhood sweetheart, the goalkeeper won the UEFA Cup, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa Italiana in 1999.