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Box-office Gervinho is Parma's perfect mascot

COMMENT By Solace Chukwu Follow on Twitter

The two strongest stereotypes about Italian football: its emphasis on tactics, and the fearsomeness of its defenders, really should not allow for a player like Gervinho to flourish. Yet, in his second spell in Serie A, he is threatening to rip it up in much the same way as he did first time around.

The Ivory Coast international, whose previous spell in Italy saw him terrorize defences while with Roma, is now the wrong side of 30, and is in rather more modest company with Parma.