Adriano Quits Inter
Inter Milan striker Adriano has revealed he is taking a break from football in order to ‘rethink’ his career.
Adriano failed to return to Italy following the recent 2010 World Cup qualifiers and yesterday called a press conference in Rio de Janeiro to announce plans to give up football as he has “lost the joy of playing”. The 27-year-old said the break could last for “one, two, or three months.”
The player’s agent is planning to travel to Italy next week to meet Inter officials to discuss the 27-year-old’s situation.
This is not the first time that Adriano’s Inter career has been called into question because of the player’s off-field situation.
In September 2007, he was sent home to Brazil by Inter as he was unhappy, and he went on to join Sao Paulo on loan for six months before heading back to Italy.
Adriano said that he does not expected to be paid by Inter while he is absent from the team, and said he had no ill-feeling towards the club.
“I have no bad feelings for Inter,” he said. “I just dislike living in Italy. I felt I was pressured. I felt big pressure when I was 18 years old (when he joined Inter from Flamengo). A lot of people will not understand. It is a bad situation, not easy at all, but it is a choice.
In sport we often see great players and performers, such as Adriano, who never quite reach their potential for one reason or another – mainly mental issues that lead to addictions of some variety that wreck such promising talents.
Posted on April 10, 2009 | Filed Under Football
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