that’s why he gave up 2.5 million in Canada to play with Genoa for 2,274 euros a month – Corriere.it

And it also went well for him since a b soccer player with less than 24 years or on his first contract, he has an annual guaranteed minimum of only 21,358 euros gross (15,401.35 net). In A, on the other hand, things are a little better given that those over 24 have a minimum of 42,477 euros gross per year (27,290 euros net), while those on their first contract or under 24 can count on 30,796 euros gross per year (21,300 euros net). Returning to Criscito, in June the contract of the former Rossoblu captain will expire, and in all probability the career of the Neapolitan full-back will also end. That on his return, he wanted to make one last gift to the Rossoblu fans by trying to bring the formation now led by Alberto Gilardino back to Serie A.

After all, he had promised love for life to Genoa, Criscito, when he left Genoa for the first time at the age of 25, heading for Russia. The Griffin was his destiny team since Claudio Onofri, a former Genoa player and observer for the rossoblu club, in 2002 had discovered the just sixteen-year-old defender in the Neapolitan area, when he played for Sporting Volla. Then Genoa always took him to the youth team, sold him to Juve, took him back and sold him a couple more times until a complicated co-ownership deal was resolved in their favor – a formula that no longer exists today -. Only in 2008 did Criscito’s real career begin with the Genoa shirt, which ended in 2011 with a transfer to Zenit St. Petersburg and a very clear promise: Mine is not a goodbye, I will return to Genoa to end my career as a footballer. Promise kept: in 2018 the return after seven years in Russia. However, the narrow saves of Genoa in the following seasons complicated the story. Until last year: bad championship, wrong choices on all fronts, and relegation centered – among other things with the complicity of Criscito, who in a creepy derby just in May had a decisive penalty saved in the 96th minute ‘ from Audero and less than a week later he turned another against Juve —. A difference of views between the new ownership, the former new coach (Blessin) and the old hard core of the Genoa locker room then led to a series of separations, including the profile of Criscito, directed by his friend Toronto Insigne. A few months and goodbye Canada, saying no to an annual gross salary of 2.5 million euros not counting bonuses. After all, homesickness is too strong: it doesn’t matter if the salary is not even remotely comparable to that received in MLS. Reconquer Serie A with his Genoafor Mimmo Criscito, is worth much, much more than 2,000 euros a month.