Former Sydney FC marquee man Alessandro Del Piero will continue his playing career in India, signing a four-month deal with the Delhi Dynamos.
Del Piero left the Sky Blues at the end of the last Hyundai A-League season and despite turning 40 in November declared his desire to play on when in town for the recent Foxtel A-League All Stars clash against Juventus.
And the Juventus legend has found his next challenge, joining the new eight-team Indian Super League competition as a player and also the brand ambassador.
The competition, which runs for 10-weeks and is modelled on cricket’s IPL, has attracted big names like former French internationals David Trezeguet and Robert Pires, ex-England goalkeeper David James and Sweden’s Freddie Ljunberg.
Del Piero took to his official Facebook page to explain his decision and hopes to bring a positive message to India through the sport of football.
“I’m a football player, I will go to India to play football, to honor my sport and doing what’s right now are happy to do: bring a positive message combined with values of sport and to the spread of football in countries far from the traditional routes. Like India with its “Indian Super League”,” Del Piero wrote.
source:a-league.com.au
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