Gianluigi Buffon ‘offered £25MILLION deal to become the latest star to join the Saudi Pro League’
Gianluigi Buffon ‘being offered a £25Million a year deal to become the latest star to join the Saudi Pro League’ as the legendary 45-year-old Parma goalkeeper weighs his future in football
- Gianluigi Buffon has reportedly been offered a deal to join the Saudi Pro League
- Buffon has spent nearly three decades in football since his debut in 1995
- The 45-year-old still has one year contract with Parma, Serie B
Gianluigi Buffon has reportedly been offered a lucrative deal to further his career in Saudi Arabia.
Nearly three decades after his professional debut, Buffon’s football career continued with the 45-year-old captaining his youth club Parma in Serie B.
A hamstring injury cut Buffon’s campaign cut short last season, but the former Juventus star recaptured the number 1 spot upon his return, making 17 appearances as the club reached the Serie B play-offs.
Buffon still has 12 months left on his current contract with the Stadio Ennio Tardini, but reports suggest the ‘keeper may have one last step to take in his storied career.
An account of the Italian publication Corriere dello Sport claims Buffon has been offered an extremely lucrative offer to become the latest star to join the burgeoning Saudi Pro League this summer.
Gianluigi Buffon has reportedly been offered a lucrative deal to join the Saudi Pro League
The 45-year-old has spent almost three decades in football since his debut for Parma in 1994
In Buffon’s only season outside Italy, he captured a league and cup double with PSG
The goalkeeper is said to have been offered £25 million a year to join an unnamed team in the Gulf state.
As he approaches his 28th season as a senior player, Buffon would discuss his options.
First he was able to leave the game altogether and hang up his boots as Italy’s most capped player and one of the most highly regarded goalkeepers to ever grace the game.
Secondly, he could expire his contract with Parma, probably eclipsing Andrea Pierobon’s record as the oldest goalkeeper in Italian football history.
He could finally become the latest notable player to make the move to Saudi Arabia, playing domestic football outside his native country for the second time in his illustrious career after his brief stint with PSG in 2018-19.
Should Buffon join the starting league, he would become only the second Italian to appear in the Saudi top flight, following former Juventus teammate Sebastian Giovinco who made 57 appearances for Al-Hilal between 2019 and 2021.