Mattia Perin admits he thought about retiring after two devastating knee injuries and a shoulder issue. “I’d stop playing if I couldn’t target the Italy squad.”
The Juventus-owned goalkeeper is currently back on loan at Genoa and trying to get some regular playing time after a disastrous spell.
“I’d stop playing if I couldn’t target a regular place in the Italy squad, because the Nazionale is my biggest sporting aspiration,” Perin told Luca Toni in an Instagram Live chat.
Mattia Perin admits he thought about retiring after two devastating knee injuries and a shoulder issue. “I’d stop playing if I couldn’t target the Italy squad.”
The Juventus-owned goalkeeper is currently back on loan at Genoa and trying to get some regular playing time after a disastrous spell.
“I’d stop playing if I couldn’t target a regular place in the Italy squad, because the Nazionale is my biggest sporting aspiration,” Perin told Luca Toni in an Instagram Live chat.
“When I no longer feel that fire burning inside me, that is the day I will quit. To be honest, after two ACL tears and two operations on my shoulder, I did have to think about a few things.”
He is still only 27 years old, but made his Serie A debut playing for Genoa in May 2011, aged 18.