Salva Ferrer's (Martorell, 1998) new life began today in the press room of the Nou Sardenya stadium. "I can't take it anymore," he explains. You can't play with pain. And the pain has been with him for years. "I'm hanging up my boots. I've had a lot of pain in my hip for a few months now. It's a problem I've had throughout my career, but after treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma, the pain has gotten worse." The current Europa player had fought this cancer for two years and had overcome it, but the pain in his hip wouldn't go away. "When you're a young footballer and this happens to you, it's hard to understand," he says. After overcoming the lymphoma, Ferrer was able to play one more match in the Italian league before signing for Europa to return closer to home. But the pain remains, and it has only gotten worse. "We tried to figure out where it was all coming from. I thought I could keep playing. I wanted to keep playing here in Europe, but that pain didn't make sense. In preseason, we realized it was serious. The doctors recommended a prosthesis. I didn't want to accept it. I tried everything. Even with medication, the pain didn't go away. It's very difficult; you can't imagine having a prosthesis at 28," he explains. He will undergo surgery this Tuesday, closing a chapter of his life.