David de Gea

[Silvan]

Ciekawostka

Znalazłem treść listu pożegnalnego Davida do kibiców Atleti, który opublikował w drodze do Manchesteru, żeby sfinalizować swój transfer niemal 4 lata temu, 18 lipca 2011 roku. Wersja przetłumaczona, na angielski bo chłopak bardzo słabo posługiwał się wtedy tym językiem.

Cytat:It's been just over a week since I signed the contract with my new team. It seems like yesterday when I was four and first joined Atleti in Casarrubuelos. From the plane I traveled in to join Manchester United I remember it with nostalgia, with the nostalgic feeling that will be my traveling companion for a long time. Like every other child, I went every evening accompanied by excitement and my parents (without their support none of this would have been possible) with the sole aim of defending the goal of the Calderón someday.

A little over a year and a half ago I completed my dream and sealed it with two titles, I will never forget that feeling, never forget the people's faces painted red and white. I cannot forget the tears of Barcelona behind the chants of support from our fans.

Today, 16 years later, I undertake a new challenge with the same enthusiasm of that boy and the eternal gratitude and a feeling, that only we understand, that I will carry forever in my heart regardless of the badge that adorns my chest.

I look out from the aeroplane window as I leave behind my home, I thank my new club for the opportunity it provides me, to finish my development from a distance. There may now be more kilometers between us, but I hope you’re proud of that boy who dreamed that the Calderon would sing his name.

A thousand feet above the ground I remember, now more than ever, all my teammates, coaches and club workers who made it possible that the boy is now a man.

Winning a title brings a mix of smiles and tears. This is whats happening to me now, tears for what I’ve left behind, smiles for the illusion of something new but also the assurance that someday I will return home.

David De Gea