His career may not have panned out as expected, but Alexandre Pato was one of the most entertaining footballers of his generation.
What other 18 year old could join an AC Milan squad containing Andrea Pirlo, Kaka, Fillipo Inzaghi and Clarence Seedorf and immediately become the name on everyone’s lips?
Alexandre Rodrigues Da Silva, known as ‘Pato’, meaning ‘The Duck’, arrived at Milan in 2007 for a £24million fee, a massive figure at the time for a teenager from Brazil, but he was already one of the biggest talents in the world.
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