Chris Paul with the Cagliari jersey. No, it is not a sensational transfer market move with the arrival of an NBA basketball star in the Serie A soccer, but the homage that the red and blue club wanted to make to one of the great champions of American basketball. The delivery took place during Cagliari's participation in The Soccer Tournament, the 7-a-side soccer tournament that took place in Cary, North Carolina .
"Thank you very much for this gift, I can't wait to see you on the pitch", the words of Chris Paul while holding the rossoblù shirt of the season just ended . Cagliari participated in the tournament with a team composed of a representation of the first team (Giuseppe Ciocci, Kingstone Mutandwa and Nicolas Viola), of the Primavera and of some young players from the Chinese Academy of Xiapu (Cagliari XPlay project), in addition to the returning Nicolò Cavuoti fresh from the loan to Feralpisalò. The rossoblù experience ended in the round of 32 and on the bench was Fabio Pisacane, now ready to take up Davide Nicola's legacy in the first team.
Chris Paul, a point guard born in 1985, is one of the NBA icons and last season he played with the San Antonio Spurs. And among many jerseys he now also owns that of Cagliari .