The veteran defender will be playing in a new league for the first time in his career after securing an 18-month deal with Los Angeles FC.

After spending his entire career in Italy, with nearly all of it spent at Juventus after signing in 2004, Giorgio Chiellini will be on the move.

The 37-year-old was given a glorious sending off during Juventus's last home game of the season. Although that match ended on a sour note as Lazio secured a draw, it still was quite a scene to behold and not surprisingly, left the veteran defender quite emotional. 

Some fans were left wondering if Chiellini would hang up his boots this summer, albeit the player himself had never said anything about retiring. 

Others wondered if he might follow in Gianluigi Buffon's footsteps and keep playing in Italy, possibly with a smaller club. Buffon is now on the books at Parma, where he started his professional career as a 17-year-old back in 1995, and made a sensational return last season.

Chiellini, for his part, started his professional career at Livorno in 2000, but unlike Buffon, he is not making a return to his boyhood club.

Rather, the soon to be 38-year-old will be trying his luck in MLS. After securing an 18-month deal, Chiellini will be featuring for LA Galaxy, and will officially become a player for them once his Juventus contract expires at the end of June.

Chiellini's contract with his new club is until December 2023, and certainly MLS fans will be looking forward to seeing him in the USA later this year.