"Cagliari, the time has come to say goodbye. This letter is for you. Then, I could have written you a book with perfect words or just said a THANK YOU, but it wouldn't be enough right now. Because it's hard to find the words to tell you how much you've been important to me. Almost a decade has passed, many and many memories and unforgettable moments. We rejoiced and cried together. We waged war, always together. Nothing and no one has ever separated me from you. Criticisms, negative moments and lack of trust they just gave me more energy to make history with you.

My name will always be there… what an honor! It is impossible after so long not to create a strong and pure feeling with the earth that welcomed me in the best possible way, with the shirt that has become my second skin. Only you and me know how we feel about each other. Only the two of us know our unique bond. And that's what matters to me. You opened the doors of the world to me and ironically I walk away through that same door.

Today I have a bittersweet feeling, on the one hand sad because I am leaving you, on the other hand happy because I am part of your story. I arrived boy and I go away Man and father. I have seen my children born and raised here. André, a true Cagliari fan, will miss you. Sorry for the moments when I wasn't able to drag you up. But trust me, I gave it all. Sorry for my silence after that damn evening in Venice, but I am human too and I suffered as much as you and as you after that failure. I am sorry that many have not understood that my silence was necessary rather than chosen. I'm sorry that criticisms sometimes make you forget what was beautiful, on the other hand I have always been silent and all the affection and respect I have earned from a part of you has been won on the pitch. I understand your regret but a simple excuse would have been obvious and it would have been little. I have been wrong many times, I have been incapable and limited as many times but I have given my best, and that is what counts. The one that makes me sleep with a clear conscience every night. I have always respected this shirt to the utmost at all times. Never for interest or convenience, but always with love for the opportunity that I have earned to be able to get here.

When it comes to football there will always be a lot of love and a lot of passion, you can win or lose, fall and get up again, all this will always be part of the game! Casteddu miu, chi nisciunus pensiri ci siat cosa prus manna de tui. Poita nisciunus mancu approaches you. Seu sicuru that as' a torrai in artu, innui you minesciri. S'amori, s'impegnu and s'onestadi chi t'apu sempri donau est cussu chi you dopemmu torrai. Totu s'atru anta to them sempri fueddus a su entu. M'as a manci ... Adiosu Casteddu ”.

Jo ã or Pedro

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