Pension League? 39-year-old Dzeko is about to return to Serie A, and veterans are all young.

On June 19, famous reporter Romano confirmed that Bosnia and Herzegovina center Dzeko will arrive in Italy on Thursday local time and sign with Florence. He will receive a one-year contract with an annual salary of about 1.5 million euros after tax, including additional terms for renewal until the summer of 2027.

Decko, born in March 1986, is 39 years old. He has played for well-known teams such as Wolfsburg, Manchester City, Roma and Inter Milan in his career, and has won the Bundesliga, Europa League and Serie A Golden Boots. After the contract with Inter Milan expired in July 2023, Dzeko freely joined the Turkish Super League giant Fenerbahce, and handed over 25 goals and 4 assists and 21 goals and 7 assists respectively in two seasons. It can be said that he is immortal. This summer, Dzeko and Fenerbahce expired and became a free agent and received an invitation from Serie A Purple Lily Fiorentina. Two years after saying goodbye to Serie A, 39-year-old Dzeko returns to the Apennines again to continue his football journey.

Dzeko Baobao is not old, and he is still in good competitive state at the age of 39 and can return to the five major leagues to play football. This is a good story. However, the group of veterans has also turned Serie A into a retirement league.

Just recently, Lazio officially announced that it would renew its contract with 37-year-old veteran Pedro until the summer of 2026. Blue Eagles Club officially stated that as a super Grand Slam winner in the world football, Pedro embodies the values ​​of experience, balance and dedication on the court, and scored 34 goals for the team in 176 games, becoming the team's benchmark player. Last season, Pedro scored 14 goals and 4 assists in 44 games, making him tied for the first scorer and second assist in Lazio's team. It is reasonable for Blue Eagles to renew his contract with him.

Former Lazio captain and 4-time Serie A Golden Boot winner Inmobile also intends to leave the Turkish Super League giant Besiktas, whom he plays for, and return to Serie A to play. He most desires to return to Lazio, while AC Milan, Florence and Bologna are also keeping in touch with him. 34-year-old Immobile played in 41 games for Besiktas last season and earned 19 goals and 4 assists, and he also used enough confidence to return to Serie A.

In addition, 39-year-old veteran Modric, who ended his contract with Real Madrid this summer, is also expected to join AC Milan and continue to play in the top league to prepare for next year's World Cup. Compared with the above, De Bruyne, who broke up with Manchester City to join Naples, is the youngest. Born on June 28, 1992, he is less than 34 years old, and it seems that he is too young to switch to Serie A. The squad of veterans has become a major feature of Serie A. Take Inter Milan, who won the Serie A, Italian Super Cup and Champions League Sanya last season, for example, their average starting lineup is over 30 years old. The team's main players Sommer, Archerby, Mkhitaryan, Damian and others are all 35 years old. In the Champions League, Inter Milan defeated Bayern and Barcelona with their experience. But in the Champions League final with Paris Saint-Germain, this classic car was demolished by the fierce French Ligue 1 tycoon and had no power to fight back.

The reason why Serie A is so declining is actually a vicious cycle. The broadcast fee is less than 1/3 of the Premier League, and there are very few sponsors left. The lack of passion in the game style makes people drowsy, and it is also the underworld time at three or four in the morning. In addition, the policy of prohibiting land privatization has also led to Serie A teams not having their own stadium except Juventus. San Siro, the two Milan heroes, has been disastrously destroyed, and the ticket revenue has to be paid 45% to the municipal government. Under such circumstances, Serie A cannot attract top stars to join, and the lack of top stars to join further reduce the influence of Serie A. In this case, it is not surprising that Serie A team can only sign some balloon stars to decorate the storefront.