La Gazzetta Dello Sport - 20 August 2026 [IT]

Only the hope that they too can smile with satisfaction like the luminous Sara Curtis, born in 2006. The Italian transfer market is a bit like this: we can only afford grandparents and children, not those who make football go round (Mbappé, Haaland...). Once upon a time, yes: Maradona, Platini... The good news is the children. From 1908 to 2026, before the trio of Stones-Spence-Jones summer coups, the only British Nerazzurri players had been Gerry Hitchens, Paul Ince and Ashley Young. A pittance