Sports News of Thursday, 17 June 2021
Source: 3news.com
2021-06-17
Juventus goalkeeper, Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon has signed a one-year contract with Parma, confirming his return to the club 20 years after leaving to join Juventus.
The 43-year-old goalkeeper parted ways with Juve at the end of the last campaign, where he had been for two decades, either side of a 12-month spell at Paris Saint-Germain in 2018-19.
Parma’s U.S. owner Kyle Krause had teased Buffon’s return on Wednesday with a tweet which read: “it’s a bird it’s a plane it’s” — in reference to the ex-Italy international’s Superman t-shirt he wore during the club’s 1999 Coppa Italia celebrations during his first spell.
Parma tweeted the announcement with a video of a man in a black hooded jumper, walking onto the club’s home pitch to dig up an old treasure chest with a Superman t-shirt and Parma jersey before Buffon revealed himself and said: “I’m back.”
He is back where he belongs.
He is back home.#SupermanReturns ????????????@gianluigibuffon @Kyle_J_Krause @ParmaCalcio_en pic.twitter.com/bh2FO6P8YX— Parma Calcio 1913 (@1913parmacalcio) June 17, 2021