January 2020 arrived and with it the hundreds of lists analyzing in detail what has happened in the decade that has ended. The best players, teams, scorers, those who have moved more millions ... And those who have retired. Legends of Spanish football such as David Villa, Fernando Torres or Xavi Hernández , nor international players that will remain in our memory such as Robben, Van Persie or Sneijder , heroes of the last Dutch golden generation, finalists of a 2010 World Cup that Spain will not be on the grass Will remember forever.

They are, without counting Leo Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo , the protagonists of a generation that is having a hard time saying goodbye, even more so if in that relationship between soccer player and ball the goal has a leading role. If we look at the list of top gunners of the 21st century, there are two players who refuse to hang their boots: Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Wayne Rooney . Both members of a Top-10 that Samuel Eto'o, Francesco Totti and Thierry Henry have already said goodbye to. Both Zlatan and Wayne, away from the big leagues in recent years to try an American dream that seemed the last stop of their career, but has ended up being a turning point for new goals.

The Swede, at 38 , has returned to Milan as the rock star he has been, is and will never cease to be. Before the signings of Cristiano and Neymar for Juventus and PSG, he was the player who had moved more money in transfers in history. Malmö, Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barça, Milan, PSG, Manchester United and Los Angeles Galaxy as stops on a goal tour that has fed his wallet, his legacy and his ego: «I have received more offers at 38 years than at 20, "he acknowledged in his presentation, and he praised himself:" I haven't seen many players with 38 going back to such a big club . "

In that statement of Ibrahimovic, who has signed for the remainder of the year with the option of another, the show is mixed with nostalgia. The romanticism of a drifting club like Milan that seeks with its turn the noise necessary to wake up from a nightmare too long. And the romanticism, too, of a Zlatan who, like everyone once, refuses to leave the ball: « I can still act at a high level . I want to have fun, feel the grass, the atmosphere, whistle ... I feel alive ». The football drug at its best.

Wayne Rooney , top scorer of the English team and Manchester United, has also returned from the United States, from Washington . At 34, he has made his debut with the Derby County of the English Championship, with which he has signed until 2022 and is also a member of the coaching staff to begin preparing his career as a coach. A lower profile return than Zlatan's, even more romantic, breaking a contract that had two more years left, and returning to an English football he had never left. "We understand the difficult situation Wayne was living by being away from his family, " explained the directors of DC United. The forward debuted on Thursday, as captain and giving an assist: «I was nervous, but I have no doubts about me. I can still give a lot ».

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