'My father brutally killed my mum with an axe – my biggest fear is being just like him'

'My father brutally killed my mum with an axe – my biggest fear is being just like him'

Napoli's team of the 1980s was filled with headline-grabbing characters, but one member of the Neapolitans had endured a horrific start to his life before his football career took off

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