LE SCAN SPORT – At 18, Alessandro Arlotti, formerly at the Monaco training center, left Italy to join the prestigious American university.
It is an unusual transfer to say the least. Just major, Alessandro Arlotti, Italian international under 18, is preparing to leave the world of professional football to join the faculty of Harvard, among the most prestigious in the United States. A carefully considered choice for the native of Nice, ex-nugget of the AS Monaco training center transferred to Pescara (Italian second division) this summer. But a choice that questions those around him. “I received lots of messages from people telling me to think carefully, that I should not make that choice,” says the Italian, contacted by RMC Sport. Friends, teammates, coaches or managers and even people I don’t know, via social media, have tried to talk me out of it. ”
In vain, the attacking midfielder will cross the Atlantic well to live his American adventure. Without abandoning football for all that, since it will play in the colors of the university in the Ivy League, a university championship reserved for the best-rated faculties in the North-East of the country. In this strong choice, Alessandro Arlotti was reinforced by his brother Gianluca, also a former football player, who is pursuing economic studies in Boston.
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The dream of evolving in Europe always in a corner of his head
Football “less technical but much more physical” awaits him, according to the first echoes of his brother, whom he will join in Massachusetts from next month. Two years of study following a general program, as well as learning the language of Shakespeare await him above all, from the start of the school year scheduled in August. Before considering, perhaps, a return to Europe in professional football.
“It’s still a dream but I had a choice to make,” explains Alessandro Arlotti. I put it aside a little bit but deep down I still hope to play in Europe again one day even if everyone tells me it’s impossible. I would have hesitated a lot more if my career had started to take shape. ” The art of not closing any door.
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