The return of Mancini and Lombardo was the dream held by Vialli when he had tried to lead a conglomerate to buy out Sampdoria ...

In the mid 90s the no nonsense defender tussled with the likes of Gianluca Vialli, Fabrizio Ravanelli ... of big clubs over ...

and a European Cup Final appearance against the mighty Barcelona. If you cast your mind back far enough, you’ll imagine Juan Sebastian Veron, Gianluca Vialli and Ruud Gullit parading around in ...

fulfilling Gianluca Vialli’s dream. The Blucerchiati were at the top of Italian and European football, winning the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1990, unexpected Scudetto title in 1990-91 and reaching ...