The journalist couldn't believe it.
He went into a bar to meet a footballer with a tremendous career, read Southampton, Juventus, Inter, Boca... and he met a rock star: "Not to mention that he represented the Azzurra on 14 occasions...
can you guess "Who is this Jack Sparrow lookalike?
" he asked in amazement in his article for The Sun newspaper.
"It is none other than Dani Osvaldo, whom Mauricio Pochettino brought to our shores in 2013 for the Saints in a 13 million pound deal," the scribe who was in a Miami bar with the Argentine closed the enigma.
It was the first days of January 22 and in England there seemed to be news that
Daniel Osvaldo had mutated into
Dani Stone
and had taken a turn in his life to dedicate himself to music and live like Rolling Stone.
At that point, it had been a while since the former Boca player had made the headlines for issues that had to do with the ball: Osvaldo was still making noise but because of his fight with Guillermo Barros Schelotto who kicked him out of the Boca locker room for smoking in the bathroom, his toxic relationship with his son's mother, Jimena Barón and his story with Giannina Maradona.
Provocateur: Daniel Osvaldo
These days Osvaldo was in the news again: near the end of the year he whitewashed his courtship with journalist Daniela Ballester and, from what was shown on the networks, it seemed that he had found the ideal woman to be by his side.
But things ended badly again: just on March 13, Dani Stone published a strong message on her Instagram account: "I want to clarify that Daniela and I are no longer together. End of statement."
Like everything in Dani Stone's life, the separation was traumatic.
The appearance of a girl who showed some risqué chats with the former soccer player began to make noise among the couple.
And, after the separation, when the popular media began to talk about infidelity, Osvaldo redoubled the bet: "Third or third. Find out well, kids."
With the breakup consummated, Osvaldo's next message arrived at dawn and showed the true face of the demons that persecute him: "For a long time I have been dealing with a very big depression that made me fall into addictions to alcohol and drugs. I love him tell and share because I am in psychiatric treatment"
Daniel Osvaldo and Daniela Ballester dedicated tender words to each other for Valentine's Day.
Daniel Osvaldo, a "Class A" player dominated by his passions
"The only thing that man cannot change is passion."
Francella's repeated phrase ad nauseam fits perfectly in the life of Pablo Daniel Osvaldo.
He was born in Lanús, on January 12, 1986, a few months before his idol, Diego Armando Maradona, surfed the highest wave of world football.
He debuted with Huracán and football came out everywhere on the uneven fields of the first Nacional: 8 goals in 36 games and he went to Europe with a community passport.
It could not be said that Osvaldo wandered through Europe.
The truth is that he broke it and the clubs paid fortunes for him.
But also that
he did not settle anywhere
.
He played for 9 clubs in the three top leagues: Premier, Serie A and La Liga.
His time in Europe would be fast and furious
: almost one club per year: 9 in a decade.
In 2008, after spells at
Chievo Verona
,
Atalanta
,
Fiorentina
and
Espanyol
,
Roma
paid him 20 million euros.
At that point, the Italians were beginning to get to know the boy born in the South of Greater Buenos Aires.
At the end of 2017 he accepted the Azzurra's summons and clashed with the fascist right-wing groups that did not want the incorporation of "a Latino."
They called his game: "I am more Italian than all those who criticize me because I play for the Italian National Team," he responded: "I feel Italian, he played for the U-21 team, I grew up playing football in Italy and I have a son and wife Italians," he retorted.
Osvaldo wanted to play in Argentina but agreed to do so for Italy.
He scored almost a goal per game in La Loba
, 28 in 57 games and went to Mauricio Pochettino's Southampton for 15 million.
Soton did not amortize him: he barely stepped on the field 13 times with three shouts.
But here everyone remembers him for landing in Boca in 2015. He arrived on loan for 6 months in a Xeneize with turbulent waters.
It seemed like the ideal place for him.
But the Boca world is capable of drowning the worst pirates, even this one who was mutating towards a du role physique a mix of Jack Sparrow and Keith Richards.
It is true that his stage did not reach the blow in Madrid, but in just 16 games he was the protagonist on the fateful night of the pepper spray and ended up slamming the door for fighting with Guillermo Barros Schelotto, the true captain of the Ship.
It was the collision of two planets: Osvaldo and Guillermo's war deserves a separate chapter.
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