It is said that the 29-year-old "British Emperor Star" is considering retirement

The 2025 European summer transfer window has ended. In the past two months, many teams have strengthened themselves, and many players have also taken the opportunity to obtain large contracts and successfully achieved a win-win situation. But some people are happy and some are worried. A 29-year-old former "British Emperor Star" was swept out of the transfer window. He has no ball to play for a long time and is even considering retirement.

This English star who fell at the speed of light is the former "Prince" Alibaba. Old Premier League fans must be familiar with him. As a representative figure of becoming famous at a young age, Ali gained a foothold in Tottenham's first team when he was only 19 years old. In his first season of representing the team, Ali handed in a double-double report card with 10 goals and 11 assists. The nickname of "British Star" was then put on by many fans.

In the following seasons, Alibaba's performance has been steadily increasing. The outstanding performance on the court has also made Alibaba's value rise as fast as a Rockets. By 2018, his net worth had risen to 100 million euros. At that time, the only four people in the world football world who had a higher net worth than him were Neymar, Mbappe, Messi and Kane.

Originally, everyone thought that this was just the starting point for the "British Emperor Star" to conquer the world, but unexpectedly it was already the pinnacle of his career.

Affected by a series of injuries, off-court factors, and declining condition, Alibaba's performance began to gradually decline since the 2018-19 season. By the 21-22 season, he completely became a marginalist for Tottenham. In order to get rid of this burden, Tottenham let him leave the team as a free agent in the winter of 2022 and joined the Premier League mid-range team Everton. But here, Ali still did not recover his form. Half a season later, he was loaned to Turkish team Besiktas, and was then returned in advance due to injury. In the summer of 2024, Alibaba, whose contract expired, failed to wait for Everton's contract extension, and he regained his freedom. Although he has been actively looking for a new owner since then, it was not until half a year later that Serie A's newly promoted team, Como, recruited him under his command. Unfortunately, Alibaba, who has not participated in any official competition in the past two years, is no longer the "British Emperor Star" who dominated the field back then. In the away game against AC Milan, Alibaba made his Serie A debut. However, in this game, he only played for 10 minutes and was sent off by the referee for a serious foul. Alibaba's Serie A career came to an end with this red card. In the subsequent games, Ali never got any chance to play. Not long ago, Cuomo officially terminated his contract, and Ali was once again kicked out.

No balls to play for several consecutive years have also caused Alibaba's net worth to drop from 100 million euros at its peak to 2 million euros, a 50-fold reduction! According to the latest news from the British Daily Mail, Alibaba is seriously considering retirement. While the 40-year-old Ronaldo is still running tirelessly, the 29-year-old "British Emperor Star" is about to bid farewell to the green field.