Mauro Icardi surely thrived with Sampdoria in his earlier days, ever since the youth academy, nothing but very fond words were spoken of him. Francesco Galuppini confirms – Today the striker of Ciliverghe (Serie D), spoke about Mauro Icardi during his days with Sampdoria (Primavera) where Francesco played with the Inter captain. On the pages of the Gazzetta dello Sport, he spoke about his memories of Maurito:
“In the field I played with Icardi and Zaza. You could see that Mauro was strong: he only needed one ball (chance) and he would score.”
Source: Gazzetta dello Sport
