Gianluigi Lentini: 100-word hero #38

“£13million worth of s**t!”.

That was the cry from the stands of Ibrox when Italy played Scotland and it was hard to argue.

However, back in his Torino days, there had been something about Gigi Lentini which set the pulse racing far more than his sorry Milan and post-big money transfer incarnation.

A deceptive winger, the world was at his feet until he became the planet’s most expensive player.

A car-crash and countless attempts to revive his career were what most remembered.

Yet a few still treasure the gem he was in his youth and ponder what might have been.

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