Gianluigi Buffon
If you have read this far, you were already expecting this name to pop up by now. For the younger readers, Juventus were once relegated despite being the champions of Serie A in 2007 due to the Calciopoli scandal.
Buffon, who was not an academy product for the Old Lady and was signed from Parma for a record 53 million Euros, opted to stick with the club when the other star players like Ibrahimovic, Lillian Thuram et al. left the club.
On his decision to stay aboard, he said: “I cannot hide that, after five years here, I was tempted by a new experience. This club has helped me to win and if I have become world champion, it is thanks to Juve. I can cope with a year in the second division and I will look to do something new and win the Serie B title.”
And it is for this reason that he is respected even by rivals.