The situation
Bernard Baruch, who knew something about numbers at the time he was nicknamed the lone wolf of Wall Street , said that “age is just a number. A person cannot withdraw experience from him, he must use it .” He did not know the creator of the expression Cold War and the current circumstances of the League, but they would have gone like a glove. The First Division will lose huge doses of experience for the 2022-23 season. And not due to withdrawals as a result of age, but due to forced early retirement in the category, either due to demotions or contract terminations. In one fell swoop, six of the eight oldest footballers leave the First Division. “It is a very sad day, my wish was to continue helping the club but unfortunately it could not be”, proclaimed last week , swallowing saliva to contain the tears, a Diego López to whom Espanyol , immersed in a deep sports and institutional renovation, He has not considered renewing, despite the fact that he had been the undisputed starter in goal, and that he does not have his substitute tied.
The details
Born on November 3, 1981, at 40, he is the oldest player to leave the top flight this summer, unless he finds a place at another club. The same thing happens to Dani Alves (May 6, 1983), who has not been able to extend his second stage at Barcelona beyond six months . “Football and life decided to give me the opportunity to come back here to say goodbye”, he published on social networks a week ago, once he was informed that he will not continue in the Blaugrana discipline, so a club must be found in the to prepare with certain guarantees – that is, with a certain continuity in the titles – his assault on the World Cup in Qatar with Brazil. There has even been speculation with the Valladolid of his compatriot Ronaldo Nazario.