More and more Italian footballers are going to play in Switzerland to mature, grow and gain experience. In an interview given Republic, Simone PafundiThe Udinese playmaker, who is on loan at Lausanne, also spoke about Riccardo Calafioriclose to Arsenal just one season after what he did at Basel: “My path and his could be similar. He did it when he was 19, I left when I was 17. I met him in Coverciano in June, we played against each other. But we didn’t speak to each other, we just said hello. I think he inspires a lot of kids with what he did.”
Source: Tutto Mercato Web

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