The Azzurri have been crying out for a goalscorer but the 19-year-old son of Ivorian parents may also prove the hero a divided nation needs right now
Roberto Mancini, Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci all say the same thing: Moise Kean is destined for greatness.
His mother, though, has known that since he was born. Isabelle says even "his birth was a miracle".
"The doctors told me that I couldn’t have any more children," she told Tuttosport on Monday. "I cried and prayed.
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"[My son] Giovanni also asked me for a little brother.