In an interview with Futnet, Chivu talked about having brought Pio Esposito to the Primavera two years early. After a season in which he claimed to have scored 17-18 goals, the striker chose to leave the youth team to move to another city and challenge himself in Serie B, instead of staying in the Primavera and aiming, according to Chivu, to score 30 or 40 goals. Chivu said that the two often kept in touch and that Esposito spoke to him about the difficulties he faced against more experienced defenders, the work he was doing, and his own ambition. In the second season, he reported, Esposito scored 17 goals in Serie B. When he found him back in the first team, he added, he saw him more ready and mature, but with the same desire to improve. #Futnet #Calcio #GiovaniTalenti (translated)
