Giorgio Chiellini had a real ‘carrambata’ at his table of friends: the four former football champions who star in the new Sky UK show ‘The Overlap on Tour’.
Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Jamie Carragher, and Roy Keane were eating and conversing joyfully about football, all of whom became prominent pundits after putting up their boots, and in the case of Neville and Keane, after attempting to coach.
None of those present were aware of Chiellini’s sudden presence, when he turned to point out the name emblazoned on the Manchester United shirt he was wearing: Keane was astonished and blushed. This is not an easy task for a “tough guy” like the former Irish striker.
Chiellini, 40, has just recently begun his new job as Director of Football Institutional Relations at Juventus, but he still found time to respond to the creators of the new show, who relied on his empathy and English language to make it happen. The first episode’s upscale visitor.
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The quartet of former England players were dining in a restaurant, in a very comfortable situation with soft lighting, when the former Italy international arrived, greeted with a mixture of affection and surprise. Chiellini, dressed in a United shirt, turned around and revealed Keane’s name and number 16 on his back, much to the Irishman’s amazement, who clapped and blushed.
“You look great in that suit!” said Neville to the former Juventus captain.
While Keane said, “It looks great on you.”
At a vintage jersey event, the Italian icon hilariously revealed why he preferred the Irishman’s shirt above that of recent players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Chiellini sat down and began: “I must tell you this story. I was at a vintage football jersey event when they said, ‘Ok, pick one’. I glanced at the first one. It was neither Ronaldo nor Messi. “I answered, ‘Well, I want Roy Keane’s Manchester United shirt.
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Then Keane became even more emotional and rose up to autograph Chiellini’s Red Devils shirt, which had his name emblazoned on the back.
Giorgio Chiellini selects the ‘tough’ Manchester United player he ‘always liked’ and then buys his shirt.