*This was originally published on May 7, 2015, and updated with Tancredi Palmeri's tweet on May 24, 2015
He's got a UEFA Champions League final to worry about in the meantime, but Juventus and Italy star Andrea Pirlo continues to be linked with Major League Soccer by European media.
Reports out of Italy on Sunday morning claim that Pirlo, who was supposedly on the LA Galaxy's radar last year, has received an offer from MLS as he ponders his next career move.
Now in his fourth season with Juve, Pirlo said recently in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport that he intends to keep playing beyond this season, even if his time with Juventus comes to an end.
Pirlo's Italian career includes three World Cups, three European Championship appearances and two Olympic Games, and he was called into the Italian squad as recently as last October. With 27 starts and five goals in all competitions for Juventus this year, Pirlo still feels he has plenty to contribute, and Major League Soccer seems to be one of his options.
"I won't stop playing; I'll go on as long as I have the same great desire to keep training every day," Pirlo said. "Juventus will be my last Serie A team, whatever happens. MLS could be an idea, but for the moment I don't have anything; Juve are the only thing on my mind.”
Juventus defeated Real Madrid to book a date with Lionel Messi and FC Barcelona in the Champions League final in Berlin on June 6. Could it be Pirlo's last hurrah in European club soccer?
