Inter Milan legend Zanetti to retire
Inter Milan captain Javier Zanetti will bring the curtain down on his 22-year playing career at the end of this season,
Nerazzurri president Erick Thohir has confirmed.
Zanetti, who turns 41 in August, will move into a management positionat the San Siro, where he has been since arriving at Inter fromArgentine side Banfield in 1995.
There had been rumours earlier this year that Jose Mourinho wanted tosign the versatile midfielder for Chelsea on a one-year deal, althoughthe reports were scotched by both parties.
And Thohir has now confirmed that Zanetti will hang up his boots and head into a backroom position at Inter.
“The meetings with Zanetti have been going on for the last couple ofmonths to understand his vision,” Thohir told journalists at a publicityevent on Tuesday. “The discussion is done already, he’ll become part ofthe management.”
Zanetti is Inter’s all-time leading appearance maker with more than 800games under his belt while he has won a record number of internationalcaps for Argentina, having represented his country 145 times between1994 and 2011.
He played at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and has won 16 major titlesin his career including five Serie A titles and a famous league, cup andChampions League double in 2010.
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