Daniel Osvaldo and his demons: the metamorphosis of a “class A” player who left everything to live like a Rolling Stone

The journalist couldn’t believe it. He went into a bar to meet a footballer with an amazing career, read about Southampton, Juventus, Inter, Boca … and met a rock star: “Not to mention that he represented the Azzurra on 14 occasions … Can you guess who this Jack Sparrow lookalike is?“, he asks in amazement in his article for The Sun newspaper.

“This is none other than Dani Osvaldo, who Mauricio Pochettino brought to our shores in 2013 for the Saints for £13 million,” the scribe who was in a Miami bar with the Argentinian closed the puzzle.

It was the early days of January 22nd and in England it seemed that there was such news Daniel Osvaldo had transformed into Danny Stone and had taken a turn in his life to dedicate himself to music and live as a Rolling Stone.

It has been a long time now since the former Boca player ended up in the headlines for issues related to the ball: ​​Osvaldo still made noise, but due to the argument with Guillermo Barros Schelotto who had kicked him out of the Boca locker, there was room to smoke in the bathroom, his toxic relationship with the mother of his child, Jimena Barón and his history with Giannina Maradona.

In recent days Osvaldo has made the news again: towards the end of the year he covered up his courtship with the journalist Daniela Ballester and, from what was broadcast online, it seemed that he had found the ideal woman to support. But things ended badly once again: on March 13, Dani Stone published a strong message on her Instagram account: “I want to clarify that Daniela and I are no longer together. End of statement”.

Like everything in Dani Stone’s life, the separation was traumatic. The appearance of a girl who had some racy chats with the former footballer began to cause a stir between the couple. And, after the separation, when the popular media began to talk about infidelity, Osvaldo doubled the bet: “Third or third. Be well informed, guys”.

Once the breakup was consummated, Osvaldo’s next message arrived at dawn and showed the true face of the demons that persecute him: “For some time now I have been suffering from a very severe depression which has made me fall into alcohol and drug addiction. I love tell it and share it because I’m in psychiatric care”

Daniel Osvaldo, a “Class A” player dominated by his passions

“The only thing man cannot change is passion.” Francella’s phrase repeated ad nauseam fits perfectly into the life of Pablo Daniel Osvaldo. He was born in Lanús, on January 12, 1986, a few months before his idol, Diego Armando Maradona, rode the highest wave of world football. He made his debut with Huracán and football was everywhere on the rough pitches of the first Nacional: 8 goals in 36 games and he went to Europe with a community passport.

It cannot be said that Osvaldo wanders around Europe. The truth is that he broke it and the clubs paid a fortune for him. But that too he hasn’t settled anywhere. He played for 9 clubs in the three top leagues: Premier, Serie A and La Liga. Its passage through Europe would be fast and furious: almost one club per year: 9 in a decade. In 2008, after passing ChievoVerona, Atalanta, Florentine AND Spanish, Rome For this he paid 20 million euros. At that point the Italians were starting to get to know the boy born in the south of Greater Buenos Aires. At the end of 2017 he accepted the Azzurra call-up and clashed with the fascist right groups who did not want the incorporation of “a Latino”.

They defined his game: “I am more Italian than all those who criticize me because I play for the Italian national team”, he replied: “I feel Italian, he played for the Under 21s, I grew up playing football in Italy”. and I have an Italian son and wife,” he retorted.

He scored almost a goal per game at La Loba, 28 in 57 games and went to Mauricio Pochettino’s Southampton for 15 million. Soton didn’t pay: he entered the field just 13 times with three shouts. But everyone here remembers him for landing at Boca in 2015. He arrived on loan for 6 months in a Xeneize with turbulent waters. It seemed like the ideal place for him. But the world of Boca is capable of drowning the worst pirates, even this one who was changing towards a physique du role a mix of Jack Sparrow and Keith Richards. It is true that his stage did not come to blows in Madrid, but in just 16 games he was the protagonist of the fateful night of the pepper spray and ended up slamming the door for having argued with Guillermo Barros Schelotto, the real captain of the Ship. .

It was the clash of two planets: the war of Osvaldo and Guillermo deserves a separate chapter.

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