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‘World-class; astounding”: Player Aston Villa sold for £3.75m outshines Cristiano Ronaldo (REUTERS)
Four years ago this week, Pierluigi Gollini played his 20th and final game between the sticks for Aston Villa.
After just six months in the Midlands, the fresh-faced shot-stopper was heading back to Italy with his tail between his legs, a once-glittering reputation taking a beating in the reeds and the thistles of England’s second tier.
As then-Villa boss Steve Bruce explained, a move to an historic institution of Britain football – a proud old club who suffered the ignominy of relegation a few weeks earlier – was too much, too soon for a 21-year-old goalkeeper.