Gigi with Ermes Fulgoni, his first GK coach at
#Parma
. Ermes convinced a 13 year old
#buffon
to move from midfield to goalkeeper. 4 years later Buffon would make his first team debut. 🐐
#gku
🇮🇹
League 2 player retires at 35. Av salary £50k a year. Top referee salary £70-200k a year. Idea. Fast track these retired players to become top referees. They know the game plus Instant respect from players for the guy with 500 league appearances vs a former geography teacher. 🤔
My dad made me watch
@NevilleSouthall
as a kid because if he wasn’t going to catch it ⚽️ he parried it to safety 💪🏻. World class in his prime and now doing great things outside of football. Happy Birthday
#BigNev