"From the moment that I went to Padova, Mino was the one helping me to get a house, get a car, open the bank accounts. All those kinds of stuff because he spoke the language. He was there non-stop for the first three weeks so he was a great help for me in that time. "We appreciate all the support we get, but it shows just how far the game has come along, to see how much we get to help us play the best game we possibly can." On that occasion, he delivered a man-of-the-match performance before cruelly suffering a major knee injury during the closing minutes that destroyed his 2019 World Cup dream. is on the list of Newcastle United's potential targets under their new ownership (Daily TelegraphOctober 21).