Juventus Turin: Giorgio Chiellini confirms whereabouts

European champion Giorgio Chiellini will continue his career at the top Italian club Juventus Turin. The 36-year-old announced this on Thursday as part of an honor in Livorno. “I need a few more days to recover from the chaos of last month. But I’ll be back in Turin on Monday and start again,” said Chiellini.

After his contract expired at the end of June, the central defender is currently without a club. Juventus President Andrea Agnelli had already announced a few days ago that Chiellini’s new contract was a “formality” and that he did not want to “disturb the veteran on his vacation just to get him to sign something”.

Giorgio Chiellini moved from Fiorentina to Juventus

In the past few weeks there had been loose rumors that Spain’s noble club Real Madrid were interested in bringing Chiellini to the Santiago Bernabeu for free. And the Gazzetta dello Sport reported the defensive player is seriously considering retiring from his career.

Now, however, Chiellini emphasized that after the triumph at the European Championship, he was looking forward to further successes: “I want to win more titles. That arouses new hunger. In the new season we are wearing the Juventus jersey without the Scudetto symbol and that gives one Extra motivation. “

The Bianconeri ended up in a disappointing fourth place in Serie A 2020/21, so Chiellini is aiming for a return to the Italian throne.

In 2005 he moved from Fiorentina to Juventus for around 7.5 million euros and has since won nine championships with the club and five times the Coppa Italia. Last season Chiellini played 25 competitive games before he was one of the defining figures in Italy’s European Championship victory.