House for many Romanian internationals, series A is considered a championship “for the elderly”
Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published Monday, July 21, 2025, 09:44 / Updated Monday, July 21, 2025 09:45
The British daily The Guardian reveals that “the average age of players in Italy is 14 months older than in the 31 major Europe.”
The passing of Kevin de Bruyne, 33, from Manchester City to Naples and the departure of Luka Modric, 40, from Real Madrid to AC Milan brought to the series of “Championship for the Elders”.
The Guardian: “Luka Modric, confirmation that series A has become a championship for the elderly in football”
“Modric will turn 40 in September. He has played 930 career matches and won seven champion titles and six champions. He also won the Golden Ball after leaving Croatia in the 2018 World Cup,” recalls the British daily The Guardian, before emphasizing the fact that “90 minutes play. World clubs and suffered the humility to definitively break up from the real disaster with PSG from the semifinals (no – score 0-4) ”.
English journalists believe that Modric “could have retired five years ago and remain one of the most respected players in football history.” But, “with his eyes on the World Cup next summer, he chose to move to AC Milan.” And it would be the confirmation that the series A “became a championship for the elderly in football.”
Apart from Modric and De Bruyne, The Guardian remarks that “37 -year -old Franceco Acerbi, and Henrikh Mkhatyan, 36, are still at Inter, 34, continues to be the central point of Atalanta's midfielders, with Juan Cuadrado”.
The Guardian: “series A, a league with a slightly slower pace, where veterans can still shine”
The figures, in turn, show that, although football is a sport for young people, “the average age of series A is 14 months older than that of the 31 major Europe!”. The conclusion of The Guardian: “Serie A is clearly far from his glory period from the 1980s and 1990s.
It is a stars full competition, but there are stars who have passed a few years in the height of their performance. Germany has young coaches, motivated, with iPads and new pressing models. Spain has Clásico, and France has PSG. Italy must accept the reality that it is no longer the dominant force.
There are no Italian clubs in the top 10 richest. Juventus and Inter have lost two champions League finals, but no Italian team won the number 1 competition of Europe in 2010. Serie A has become a league with a slightly slower, where veterans can still shine. “
In 2024 – 2025, we had in series Dennis Man, Vali Mihăilă (Parma), R. Marin, Florinel Coman (Cagliari), Răzvan Sava (Udinese), Rareș Burnete, Alexandru Borbei (Lecce) and I. Radu (Inter/Venezia).
