This has been the season of some serious upsets and surprises across those big European countries – take Italy and England, for example.Bologna won the Coppa Italia, their first major trophy after 51 years. Crystal Palace won the FA Cup, their maiden silverware in the club’s 120-year history.Those two cup titles are why two footballers – one current and one former Arsenal player – are under the spotlight. Their timing to leave/join the Gunners made all the difference in winning trophies this season.Red and blue, Macron, cup winners. Where have we seen this before? 🤔 https://t.co/W405q3Wcz0— Bologna FC 1909 (@BolognaFC1909en) May 17, 2025 The first one is Riccardo Calafiori, who left Bologna after a very successful 2023-24 season to join Mikel Arteta’s side in the hope of winning as many trophies as possible with the Premier League giants. Alas, it ended trophyless for the Italian fullback and the Gunners, who came close to clinching several titles but are finishing the season, again, without a single piece of silverware. Eh, if only he could know and stayed in Bologna in the first place…Arsenal heritage pic.twitter.com/EZFiwKDZ1x— Troll Football (@TrollFootball) May 17, 2025 At the same time, Eddie Nketiah decided to leave the Emirates after almost ten years, as he was brought up at Arsenal’s academy. The striker made 119 senior appearances for the Gunners before opting for the Eagles, where he has scored just a handful of goals across various competitions, including an EPL goal against Arsenal.They waited 120 years for this, literally – Crystal Palace has won the first trophy in their history!Still, the 25-year-old striker managed to be a part of Crystal Palace’s FA Cup-winning squad, coming on as a second-half substitute in the showdown against Manchester City. He was seen celebrating it ecstatically since it was his only second-ever major trophy, as he clinched the same title with the Gunners back in 2020.This time, unlike Calafiori, Nketiah’s timing and move proved accurate.##NAJAVA_MECA_8931531##
