Former Chelsea player Scott Minto breaks down in tears during emotional tribute to the late Gianluca Vialli ❤️
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“He’d have these English books for children, like ‘The Cat Jumped Over the Dog’. We would all look at each other, but within six months, he was fluent.Minto added: “A lot of footballers are not necessarily brought up with lots of money. His family were very rich, so that hunger is different.“To be at the top in football, when you don’t need that financially, just shows the pure love of football that he had.
“He came from the upper-classes and still became the world-class player he was. The charisma he had… he walked into a room and you just knew he was there. “That smile he had was amazing. I was watching an Italy game at the Euros and it was him and Roberto Mancini. They looked a million dollars. How they dressed, how they looked, how they came across.“I pressed pause on the TV and I looked down at my phone to see if I still had his number. I hadn’t been in contact with him for years. I texted him and within ten minutes, he got back to me.“I said, ‘This is the best-looking management team I’ve ever seen’.
“He didn’t have to do that, with all the pressures, considering I hadn’t seen him in years. He was just such a classy guy as well as an incredible footballer.”Minto continued: “Luca was just an incredible guy in the sense that he knew how good he was and who he was in the stature of world football, but he would talk to you like he was one of your mates and you’d only just met him.
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