Handanovic bids farewell to Inter fans
Former Inter captain Samir Handanovic said goodbye to the team's fans with a post on Instagram after leaving as a free agent due to his expired contract with the club. The goalkeeper spent 11 years at San Siro, playing 455 games, conceding 471 goals, keeping 166 clean sheets and winning 5 trophies. "After 11 years, I don't know if I can describe everything... I will try because I am bitter and sad, but at the same time happy that I have been fulfilling a dream for so long. I will miss Inter, the San Siro, the fans and the thrill when the stadium cheers us on. They teach you and leave their mark.
They explain to you what passion and courage are, and why you have to sacrifice yourself every day to experience certain emotions. So many battles won and challenges lost, disappointments and delights. Being yourself is more important than anything else in our world (in football I mean) of hypocrites. I tried to be first and foremost a person, not just a football player.
Thank you all. To my long-time teammates at the Nerazzurri, the coaches, the staff, the doctors, the physios, the stadium workers, the associates, the presidents and the managers for all those years that were so different and that I experienced in such a deep way and with such a strong sense of belonging, which I could not imagine before. Thanks to our part of the stadium where we won and lost games and celebrated successes even though many will never understand us…
I would like to give special thanks to "Kurva Nord". Apart from the love of these colours, we were also united by our direct, practical, honest and constant view of football, which is not one of words and talk. The attitude. Because I have always been aware of the different aspect of those who are paid to judge and comment, even when they are wrong, and those who are paid to do so, in all sorts of ways. How proud I am to have worn that jersey and that captain's armband.
I have experienced this privilege by always giving my best. I'll try to play for a few more years. This is goodbye, but I will forever be one of US. Thank you," Handanovic wrote. It is curious that not only his former teammates such as Nicolo Barella, Denzel Dumfries, Alessandro Bastoni and Alex Cordas left comments under the publication, but also Juan Cuadrado, who until recently played for the great rival Juventus.
