Who says no to 25 million a year?
Who has the potential to not secure the next several years of their life in three years of leisurely football, away from the suffocating pressure of the top level?
At 30, Mr Paulo Dybala apparently he is “small” to make this move. That is, to disappear from the surface and the “foam” and play in Saudi Arabia with the aim of simply … saving. The lure is huge. New life, new habits, everyday life without constant “hunting” by fans on the streets for autographs and photos. Relaxation that does not even exist as a thought when you are in a leading team, in one of the 5 major Leagues of the old continent.
What played a role in his mind “La Joya»? That reception, in the summer of 2022, shortly after signing his contract. At FENDI’s imposing offices in Rome. Where he just came out of the building, he saw 10,000 followers to deify him. With scarves, flags, smoke bombs. With love and with a big fan hug, open, so that he can enter and write his own history in the shirt of “gliarosi».
AS Roma have unveiled @PauDybala_JR to their fans tonight ????
?? @OfficialASRoma pic.twitter.com/WwwtFHIgsI
— 433 (@433) July 26, 2022
Whether easy or difficult, with better and worse days, with a change of coach, with thoughts about the future – Mourinho era, but also with confidence and trust in his tenure Daniele De Rossi. Paulo Dybala didn’t think too much about it to make the big surprise. Because data, it was a surprise.
Everyone was just waiting for him to say goodbye to the Romans, the “Olympics” that… makes every sane person shudder when he “sings”, the magical city that considered him its “child” from the first moment. Those stairs came to mind. The move that perhaps no one would have made.
Dybala didn’t just come out to greet the fans and disappear. He was enchanted. He was left to fill his mind and soul with the images. He didn’t take out his cell phone to record what was happening. He “photographed” them in himself. He kept them in mind. Like the most vivid memory. Like the day and the moment that made him a better person and made him think he might not have thought before.
Roma’s welcome for Paulo Dybala was a bit special. ??
— HLTCO (@HLTCO) July 27, 2022
And just like that, the 75 million for a three-year period from Mitchell’s Al-Kanjia were rejected. Lost money? Certainly. Will he find them again in the future? Very likely. But will the world remember him for his decision to put football and the love of the fan above a secure life for himself and his family? More than anything. That’s why this particular decision is characterized as a victory for beautiful, romantic football against the turn the sport has taken.
Paulo Dybala, you have gained more respect. And outside of Rome…
Nobody will remember:
– your salary
– how “busy you were”
– how many hours you workedPeople will remember one Instagram post from Paulo Dybala:
“Thank you Roma…??
See you Sunday??” pic.twitter.com/Dm62uzu3u7
— Daje Roma ???? (@ASRomaggica) August 22, 2024
Source: Sport Fm
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