Cissè on Milan choice: «Aquilani told me I had to make 10 years in Serie A»
The Rossoneri talent retraces his spell at Catanzaro and the decision that changed his career, also recalling his friendship with Favasuli formed in Serie B.
Alphadjo Cissè has chosen to tell his story through a letter published by Cronache di Spogliatoio, looking back at the moments that defined his path toward professional football. In his account, the decisive role played by his experience at Catanzaro emerges clearly, where coach Aquilani delivered a message that would guide his every future choice: the need to build a lasting Serie A career, at least a decade long, as the only true measure of success.
Behind this determination lies his friendship with Costantino Favasuli, his companion during months in Serie B. The two shared their aspirations, with Favasuli also serving as his driver. Favasuli himself, Cissè stresses, is proof that chronological age should not be a limit to believing in one's goals: at 23, he too found his path to big clubs, so much so that the calendar includes a Milan-Naples match that could see them potentially as opponents in December.
As for the pivotal choice in January, when Cissè faced the crossroads between PSV and Milan, the player admits he did not approach that moment serenely. Director Polito and Aquilani himself had strongly wanted him at Catanzaro, giving him the push to assert himself. The decision to favor the Rossoneri, allowing himself to complete the season in Serie B before the transfer, proved to be the right call: his words testify to a trajectory that is confirming the wisdom of that choice.