“I was born with a black-and-blue heart because some things come with your parents and I got it from my dad and not from my mother Maria who is a Juventus fan. When I was a kid a loved Il fenomeno Ronaldo, when I was 15 it was Milito. The night in Madrid I went out on the streets with my Inter flag to celebrate with my friends. Every kid who loves football has it’s favourite team, right? I want to be clear that this didn’t start when Inter started to follow me, I have been an Interista since I can remember”.

Before I lost my head after being brought down for the third or fourth time, now I am better in controlling myself. This is what I promised myself after the night when I gave Juan Jesus that elbow (Inter-Sassuolo, 2014). When I got home, I turned on the TV, saw the episode, turned it off and promised myself to never do that again”.

“To be honest I haven’t said no to Juventus, I have only said yes to Sassuolo. Juventus wanted me, but in that period we just qualified to EL and I only wanted to experience that with my team mates. What would have happened if I would have said yes to Juventus? How much would I have played?”

Source: gazzetta.it