Returning last summer as a back-up for Pole Wojciech Szczesny, Gianluigi Buffon (42) has done great service for his heart club. Used during 13 meetings in all competitions, it confirmed that it still had good leftovers, notably by making 5 clean sheets. History of the club, it thus lived its 18th season under the tunic of Bianconeri. A little younger, but also a monument of the Vecchia Signora, Giorgio Chiellini did not live the season he hoped for. Very good during the 2018/2019 financial year, the central defender missed most of the season following a cruciate ligament rupture. A terrible blow that would have affected other players differently at this almost canonical age, but not him. For his fifteenth season, the native of Pisa stood firm and made his return after a long unavailability. His record is one goal in three games this season.
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The two men ‘s contract expired tomorrow and they could have been released. This would have indicated a sad end to the journey for these two monuments, but it will be otherwise. Thus, they found an agreement to extend the beautiful love story they share with Juventus until June 2021. A one-year lease extension which postpones the retirement of Gianluigi Buffon to his 43 years minimum and confirms the confidence placed in Giorgio Chiellini despite his physical glitches. The club statement highlighted the obviousness of this decision in a statement: “There are players who don’t need a presentation. Champions whose history speaks for itself and whose link with the jersey they wear is indissoluble. Examples in the field and in the locker room, leaders, leaders, carriers of black and white DNA, which is like a second skin for them. Gianluigi Buffon. Giorgio Chiellini. Captains, Standards. Bianconeri always. Forever. And to confirm it, if necessary, there is the administrative, from today, of their contract renewal, for another year: 2021. “
However, the club did not stop there in terms of tribute and the two monuments were highlighted quite logically. First of all for Gianluigi Buffon: “Each of us probably hoped, and knew deep down, that the thread that had united us for so many years was not destined to break. It will be so. So we wrote it a little less than a year ago when we announced the return of Gianluigi Buffon to Juventus after a year in France. This thread is therefore not only broken, but is further reinforced. 2021 takes on its full meaning, because 20 full years have passed since its arrival in black and white. ” Then then for Giorgio Chiellini: “In 16 years at Juve, he wrote indelible pages of history until he became – together with Andrea Barzagli – the only player in Serie A history to win eight championships in a row. Chiellini embodies the spirit of combat and victory, hunger and determination: terms which for Juventus are real mantras. A real captain. “ Long-term, the two men will try to help the Old Lady with their experience in the title race.
2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ | Fantastic news: @gianluigibuffon & Giorgio @chiellini have renewed for another year with Juventus! ✍️❤️⚪⚫https: //t.co/gxubRWKqaV pic.twitter.com/EgV25GfLrj
— JuventusFC (@juventusfc) June 29, 2020
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