It is believed that Sergio Ramos has sent the most subtle “come and get me” plea in transfer history.The European Champions captain posted an image to Instagram of himself posing in a dodgy shirt with blue, black, white and red stripes. ,the colors of familiar Italian club Sampdoria.
Their home kit is the same, and the club’s English-written Twitter account joked that Ramos could be heading for north-west Italy.
Are you guys sure the transfer window is definitely closed? ?@SergioRamos looks great with our colours. pic.twitter.com/JGG11tWYlG
— Sampdoria English (@sampdoria_en) August 23, 2018
Since Cristiano Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane left the Bernabeu in the summer, Ramos may well be considering a fresh start and just like Ronaldo, he could be lured in by the new-found riches of Italian football.
The 32-year-old could have been attracted by 13th place Sampdoria, and consider turning his back on the club that has won three back-to-back European titles.
He could foresee the resurgence of Serie A in becoming the most competitive league in world football. Or it may be a total coincidence, one that Sampdoria have used for a little light social media humour.
On Wednesday, Ramos had turned up for the much-anticipated meeting of the Spanish Footballers Association, along with other captains and representatives of all LaLiga clubs. The most significant output from the meeting was that there was a unanimous agreement from the players that they were against the league’s plan to play an official game in the USA.
Despite the importance of that particular event, images of the Real Madrid captain gained a lot of attention from social media users, some appreciating his fashion sense, while others softly mocked. And it wasn’t long before the man himself gave followers a better view, with him posing in the same shirt on Instagram.
It would take an unlikely turn of events for that particular transfer to happen this summer. However, maybe Sergio was giving them a wink for the future.