Simone Lontani shines for Parma: his ex-coach sees a top club future

Simone Lontani (18) scored his third league goal and fifth of the season in Parma's 3-0 win over Atalanta, one of the most surprising results of the campaign. His form has also earned him a call-up to the Italian national team.

His former coach at Cavalluccio, Luca Locatelli, has known him since he was a boy. As TuttoMercatoWeb reports, in an interview with Europacalcio.it Locatelli recalled that he already had above-average talent and that, after his spell at Cesena and then Milan, he always wanted to be the best in the group. About the goal against Atalanta, he highlighted the skilful dribble before a precise finish into the net.

But he asks for calm: the teenager must keep his feet on the ground and take one step at a time. Locatelli sees him already playing like a leader, with a maturity rare for his age, and believes that if he keeps this up he can aim for a top club, in Italy or abroad.