Criscito, return to Genoa with a salary of 2,000 euros a month

It’s not always about the money. At 36 years old Dominic Criscito is back to wearing the shirt of Genoain Serie B, after the Canadian parenthesis al Toronto. A choice of the heart that of the former Rossoblù captain who decided to give up the many dollars (2.5 million) from Major League Soccer to wear the Griffin’s jacket 6 months after his farewell. In order to return to what he considers his home, he terminated the contract that bound him to the Canadian team by accepting a salary of just 2,274 euros a month, the minimum imposed by national collective agreements for professional footballers, for a total of just over 13,600 euros. in six months.

The closing of the circle

The story that links Criscito to Genoa will continue even after June, because the player will become part of the technical staff of the youth sector by embarking on the path of coach. In that same sector where he took his first steps. The circle is therefore closed in the career of the former Zenit and Juventus. A career that began in the U17 of Genoa and continued over the years between the sports center of the Ligurian capital and other cities such as Turin, St. Petersburg and indeed Toronto.

Bringing Genoa back to Serie A

It could not have been otherwise for a player who shed tears after the missed penalty in last season’s derby and which cost him a slice of his life. Now Criscito is starting again from Serie B, with the minimum wage, with the only dream of giving his Genoa a new promotion, because in a football where money increasingly counts more than anything else, there is still someone who thrives on romance .