Blaise Matuidi and Juventus Turin, it's over. The world champion has terminated his contract with the Italian club with which he was linked for another season. After three titles in Serie A, the former midfielder of PSG will quickly engage with Inter Miami, the franchise of the North American championship chaired by David Beckham, his former teammate in Paris.
In Turin, the 33-year-old was not in the plans of Andrea Pirlo, appointed to head the team in place of Maurizio Sarri. Undisputed holder for two seasons, he had seen his status crumble during the last exercise to the point of not participating in the two round of 16 matches of the Champions League against Lyon. The former Parisian did not imagine himself in a role of understudy.
The decision to separate was therefore taken by mutual agreement with the Italian club. And quite quickly. “To have been a member of the Juventus family is a dream come true, an honor,” wrote Blaise Matuidi in a tweet. I discovered an incredible institution, teammates who have become more than that. I will always remain your number 1 fan, or rather number 14. "
To have been a member of the @juventusfc family is a dream come true, an honor. I discovered an incredible institution, teammates who have become more than that. I will always remain your number 1 fan, or rather number 14 🤍🖤 Thank you, really 🙌🏾 # FinoAllaFine pic.twitter.com/xGEURvBB7i
- Blaise Matuidi (@MATUIDIBlaise) August 12, 2020After five new trophies won in Italy, Blaise Matuidi takes a radical turn by engaging with Miami. The North American championship has a level very far from that of European standards. But ending his career in the United States had been trotting in his head for several years. The call of David Beckham who introduced him to his very ambitious project and the role he saw him play in it convinced him to move to Miami. A city he loves and where he has spent many vacations. The three-year contract that he is going to sign allows him to make a real choice of life for himself and his family.
Blaise Matuidi knows, however, that by making this choice, he greatly mortgages his future in the France team. Apart from André-Pierre Gignac who returned in 2015 and 2016 in Blue while playing in Mexico, no other international playing outside Europe has been called up. It is difficult in these conditions to imagine one of the vice-captains of the Blues keeping his place in the France team. Loyal among the faithful of Didier Deschamps who has selected him 81 times for the tricolor jersey, Matuidi knows that he is taking a risk by expatriating himself to the United States. A choice assumed and long matured.
