Ravanelli Loves the Boro - apparently

A paragon of truth and virtuousness, is old Rav. Better hand him the keys to the castle then.... before he picks them out of Gibbo's pocket.
 
I think Rav does have affection for us. A lot of what he said at the time re professionalism and the lack of proper facilities was true, he perhaps just went about it the wrong way. He was never going to stay in championship and you can’t blame him for leaving as he was a top class player at the time. Having said that, his managerial career hasn’t taken off so it’s unlikely to happen.
 
I also agree, despite slagging him off on here the other day, that he has a soft spot for us.

But it’s largely because he isn’t that fondly remembered at many of his other clubs, and at Juve despite scoring in the CL final last time they won it, he isn’t remembered for that much else.
 
Juninhoburger said:
Stuck around longer than Juninho though

And nothing he said about our facilities, catering and approach to training was incorrect, either.
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yeah, as if he stayed on in summer 1997 for 2 more matches out of loyalty and the goodness of his heart; not at all because none of the truly good teams would touch him with a bargepole after 12 months of toxic activity!

Why do you think he ended up at Marseille for less than we paid for him? 🙈 No one wanted him. I think Everton or Villa had talks and he demanded a helicopter. This is a bloke who made 6 starts for Italy in his entire career.
 
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Fjortoft on Quickly Kevin Podcast has a few good tales about him.

Couple of highlights were kicking off every time Robson played him with Beck calling him a Serie C player.

He also had no interest in learning English. A few players asked him which part of Italy he was from and he said Perugia. That was about all they got from him.

Curtis Fleming asked him what time it was during a meal they were all having after he was flashing a very expensive watch.

“Perugia”
 
Alzi said:
Fjortoft on Quickly Kevin Podcast has a few good tales about him.

Couple of highlights were kicking off every time Robson played him with Beck calling him a Serie C player.

He also had no interest in learning English. A few players asked him which part of Italy he was from and he said Perugia. That was about all they got from him.

Curtis Fleming asked him what time it was during a meal they were all having after he was flashing a very expensive watch.

“Perugia”
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Of all the players who’ve spoken about the 96/97 season on podcasts (and I have honestly listened to every single one) the only one who said anything remotely positive about him was Hignett. And even he admits it’s only cos he took a bit of a rare liking to him.

Rav didn’t even get on with Juninho to start with, they did reach a point where they celebrated goals together largely because they were clearly benefiting each other’s careers.
 
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