There are phrases that last only a few seconds and nevertheless manage to open a huge door in memory. When Alexandre Pato essentially says that if Milan called him he would return even just for six months, it is inevitable that something sparks.

Because Pato was not just any player.

He was a promise, then a certainty, then a regret. He was the boy who arrived from Brazil with an almost unreal lightness, able to score, accelerate, jump over opponents and make Rossoneri fans imagine that the future could have his face.

For this reason the idea of seeing him again in that shirt has an immediate charm.

It would be, above all, deeply nostalgic.

But precisely because of this we must have the courage to say: it will not happen. And perhaps it is right that way.

Pato-Milan, the heart would say yes. Time says otherwise

Football also lives on returns. Some work, others do not. But there is one element that nobody can dribble: time.