Contrary to recent reports, Mohamed Ihattaren does not intend to end his football career, he has informed the Instagram account of Rising Ballers, an online platform that focuses on the future generation of football players. The attacking midfielder is currently on loan from Juventus to Sampdoria, but recently returned to the Netherlands and is said to be at odds with the latter club.
According to Rising Ballers there is nothing true about the rumor that Ihattaren intends to hang up his football boots. “It is fake news“Shortly after news broke yesterday that Mo Ihattaren was considering retiring, he contacted us to confirm that it is not true. He is fit and ready to play again. He will be back on the field soon.”
calciomercato reported on Tuesday based on ‘rumours from the Netherlands’ that Ihattaren would consider ending his career. According to the Italian medium, the attacking midfielder would struggle with a serious depression after the death of his father. Then came too La Gazzetta dello Sport with the message that Ihattaren would like to stop playing football, based on ‘local sources’ from the Netherlands. Rik Elfrink, PSV watcher on behalf of the Eindhovens Dagblad reported that the stories are not recognized by sources around the former PSV player.
Ihattaren returned to the Netherlands last month for private reasons and the General Newspaper and The Telegraph reported that it was questionable whether he would return to Italy. Juventus took over Ihattaren from PSV on the final day of the summer transfer period for several million and leased him directly to Sampdoria. There he trained with the group for a week, and then remained on the reserve bench for the entire game in the next game against Internazionale (2-2). Recently Ihattaren returned to the Netherlands. He reportedly does not feel taken seriously in Italy and does not want to return to Sampdoria.
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