The central arrived in the summer of 2018 for 35 million, as part of the operation that brought Bonucci back to Juve. Between injuries and loans, he has never played a single minute in A with the Devil
Mattia Caldara’s adventure at Milan can be summarized in three numbers: 2, 65 and 35. Respectively the games played, the minutes in which he took the field and the millions paid to Juventus to bring him to Milanello. It was 2018, Caldara had just closed a couple of seasons at the top and was the flagship of the Juventus market, eager to bring Leo Bonucci home at any cost. And Paratici chose to give Mattia away. A story full of what if. “What if he wasn’t injured?”
Young people
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Caldara’s last match for the Rossoneri? 24 April 2019, Milan-Lazio 1-0, Italian Cup semi-final. After 1177 days he greets the AC Milan fans and chooses Spezia, three million to redeem him outright and a 50% salary paid. On the other hand, in view of a possible exploit, Milan has already talked to the Ligurians about Jakub Kiwior and Kelvin Amian, two young central defensive players (the first class 2000, the second ’98). No options, a sort of “grow well and maybe revise” to be read in a future key.
Calvary
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Caldara played more in the Primavera than in the first team. Paradoxical: four appearances with the Rossoneri babies, only two with the greats, zero in the league. He cost more than Theo Hernandez, Tomori, Kalulu, Kjaer, Florenzi and all the other defenders at Pioli’s disposal. From then on a succession of injuries, scattered problems, missed opportunities and a lot of bad luck, chased away only last year with Venice, 33 games and a goal in A. Despite the relegation, in fact, Caldara has shown that he has recovered the condition and to be back a reliable central. He never met at Milan. After his European debut with Dudelange he has always been in the infirmary. Before him the partial injury of the Achilles tendon, then the rupture of the left cruciate and the loan to Atalanta. Stop there too. Little used by Gasp.
Rebirth
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Now he says hello without looking back, also because behind him there are only big regrets. In 2018, at the age of 24, Mattia was considered the golden boy of blue football, yet another jewel ‘made in Zingonia’ enhanced by the world of Goddess and Gasperini: 7 goals in his first year in Serie A, Dostoevsky’s books on the bedside table and those of Tolstoy on the desk. The war against fate has ended in the lagoon, in Venice, hoping that an era of peace will finally begin. Especially for himself.
July 15, 2022 (change July 15, 2022 | 11:04 am)
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