The Arsenal forward's standing back home in his native Brazil is not exactly lofty just yet - but that could be about to change
On a nondescript street in a nondescript part of town lies the court. It is a study in distressed concrete. A million pairs of trainers and flip-flops have worn down the orange surface, revealing rich undertones of rust and ochre. The goals at either end lost their nets decades ago. The basketball backboards have it worse than that; they don’t even have hoops. Advertisement There is, though, an undeniable charm to the place, even on a quiet weekday morning.
“We used to have the same conversation over and over again. I would tell him, ‘Gabriel, you have to get interested in something else. Engineering, medicine, law… something. Just something else you can have up your sleeve. Have a look on the internet. There’s so much you could do’. “At the end, he would always just say he wanted to be a footballer. “It scared me. There was never any other path. I don’t know what his life would be like without football.
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