Italy midfielder Claudio Marchisio has left Juventus, ending a 25-year association with the club.
Both parties agreed to the termination of the 32-year-old’s contract, which was due to expire in 2020.
“It will be a pleasure to keep following him, whichever shirt he will wear in the future,” said Juventus in a tribute to the player on their website.
Marchisio played 389 times for the Bianconeri, winning seven league titles and four Coppas Italia.
The Turin-born player, who suffered a serious knee injury in April 2016 which ruled him out for six months, made 20 appearances last season.
In a tweet, accompanied with an image of him as a young player, Marchisio said: “I can’t stop looking at this photograph and the stripes on which I wrote my life as a man and a footballer.
“I love this shirt to the point that, despite everything, I am convinced that the good of the team comes first. All the time.”
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