Giorgio Chiellini reveals Andrea Pirlo’s words to Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta after the 2012 Scudetto – “you wanted Gokhan Inler…”
The legendary midfielder played his final match last night, in a star-studded testimonial at San Siro which ended 7-7.
He is seen as one of the architects of Juventus’ current dominance of Serie A, having signed from Milan on a free transfer in 2011.
Giorgio Chiellini reveals Andrea Pirlo’s words to Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta after the 2012 Scudetto – “you wanted Gokhan Inler…”
The legendary midfielder played his final match last night, in a star-studded testimonial at San Siro which ended 7-7.
He is seen as one of the architects of Juventus’ current dominance of Serie A, having signed from Milan on a free transfer in 2011.
“He’s a champion, he gave us new class and awareness of our means,” Chiellini told Sky after last night’s match.
“A memory of Andrea which comes to mind is the day we had the party for the first Scudetto with Antonio Conte.
“Pirlo went up to Marotta and he told him: ‘You wanted Inler, thank goodness you got me’!
“He was a very quiet person, but he was fun to have in the group and having a champion like that with his work culture was incredible.
“I think any player playing in that role can learn from him, in particular [Miralem] Pjanic would be even stronger if he’d had the chance to play one or two years with Pirlo, because he opens your mind.”