At AC Milan headquarters, Clarence Seedorf has said his official farewell to the Rossoneri
At
AC Milan headquarters, Clarence Seedorf has said his official farewell to the
Rossoneri after 10 years of wonderful football and great victories.
"I’m leaving after 10 fantastic years": in this way Clarence Seedorf
has said his official farewell to AC
Milan this morning, along with
Managing Director Adriano Galliani. The Dutch
player expressed the intention to continue to play for two
more seasons and then maybe
go back to Milan with
a different role: "The expectation is to continue
to maintain a professional
relationship in the future, if
there is a possibility -
Seedorf explained – I’ve spent more
time here at AC Milan rather than
with my family in the last ten years. Now I can continue my
career elsewhere, choosing among
competitive options. But it will not be easy, I want to make the right choice". "No
prizes for guessing how strong Clarence was in that extraordinary Ajax, where also
Kluivert was playing. I fell
in love with him – has added Galliani – I think now he can
do everything, a person with so many qualities will equally
do right as a coach or as a manager when he will stop playing football. "
"Milan has often played well and when it happened Seedorf made great performances. He is a top world
player, he played
as midfielder and playmaker always at
excellent level," added Galliani who said that
"from the team of 2007
who won the last
Champions League in Athens only
Ambrosini is remained". “ But Milan must go on - continued the AC Milan Managing Director
– It has always been able to handle these periods, although
this year the situation is more complex: we will try to manage it as best as we can. There is still
a midfielder missing in our team,
Muntari got injured and we replaced him immediately with Constant”. "I leave a team that is struggling to remain competitive in Italy and Europe
- said Seedorf, who will leave his jersey No. 10 to Ibrahimovic -
in a difficult economic
period for everyone. I think it's
only a matter of time on finding the team of few years ago,
generations pass but
Milan will remain at the top
everywhere. It is in its DNA. "