In the early morning of December 13, Beijing time, a message came from the Italian football world, 39-year-old former Inter and Brazilian national team meritorious right winger McCone returned to the Apennines and joined the D-league team Sonne, and mcCón's 15-year-old son Felipe also joined the team. There is a reason why McCone returned to Italy after a gap of 4 and a half years and nearly 40 years, and this transfer was not impulsive, but had contact as early as October.
As early as the end of November this year, Sona Club sporting director Claudio Finarese once revealed the possibility of McCone joining in an interview with Padua Sports, he said: "I don't want to faint on the ground, I just want to keep smiling, but all this is the truth, this idea has been around for 1 and a half months, in fact, it is still at the level of ideas, we have other steps to complete, so we can talk about the possibility of McCon joining, but it has not been finalized yet." ”
So why did McCone join a D-league team? Ferrarese also explained: "We communicate through friends who know each other well, an agent who has worked with a number of Brazilian players. McCone has never retired and is in good shape, and although he is 39 years old, his body shape is still very good. He has expressed his desire to return to Italy, mainly because he still has some business in Milan, he is willing to settle in Verona, not far from Milan, and he will most likely play for our club for a few months, from the end of the year until the end of the season. ”
After nearly a month of negotiations, the news of McCon's return to the Apennines was finally finalized, and The Sonne Club announced his joining. In fact, as Ferrarese said, McCón has not retired, after 12 years in Europe, successively for Monaco, Inter, Manchester City and Roma, McCón returned to Brazil in 2017 to represent Awai in the Baccala league, in 2019 to the Brazilian second division team Crichuma, this year to the Brazilian top league team Villanova, until the end of this year to join Sona.
As one of the best right-backs in world football in the past, McCón's main honours are mostly won at Inter, including four Serie A titles, three Italian Super Cups, two Coppa Italia, one Champions League and one Club World Cup, while he has also played twice in the World Cup with Brazil, winning two Copa America and two Confederations Cups.
As for the Sonne club, it is located in the province of Verona in the Veneto region, and the team is currently playing in the Italian Bundesliga, ranking 10th in Group B of the Bundesliga, with 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats in the first 6 rounds, and the team's head coach Tomassoni is not yet older than McCone, only 36 years old. There are two other former Serie A veterans in the team, 35-year-old Argentine centre-back Paolo dellafiore, who has 123 Serie A experiences from Inter academy training and has made one appearance for the Nerazzurri first team; 43-year-old veteran captain Marco Zamboni, who has 81 Serie A experiences, has spent 1 season at Juventus, made 1 appearance, and won 1 Serie A title.
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