Supporter Standing Outside Stadium On Bologna Time After Waddle Calls Tonali Italy Run Bizarre
Desmond Parry · Chief Football Correspondent · Reading time: one pint
Chris Waddle told talkSPORT Bet he found it bizarre that Sandro Tonali played all four of Italy's Nations League games despite a minor issue, and the stadium forecourt is one hour behind the man's wristwatch.
A Tottenham man has spent Wednesday morning outside the stadium on Bologna time, one hour ahead of the surrounding streets, after reading that Chris Waddle found it bizarre that Sandro Tonali played all four of Italy's games during the international break.
The Herald understands the man read the report, relayed from talkSPORT Bet, at 7:10am, and by 8:00 had moved his watch forward an hour, filled a flask and taken the bus to the gates, which are shut.
They said the lads would be jet lagged on Thursday. It's Wednesday. I'm getting ahead of it.
Mr Waddle's remarks, as published, concerned players who had travelled around Europe or the world before returning to training. The man has travelled eleven minutes by bus, and describes the distinction as one of degree.
Tonali, who came on after seventy minutes of Italy's 3-1 win over Turkiye in Bologna and made a positive impact, was a source of particular interest. Our correspondent observed the man wait on the pavement for seventy minutes before entering the car park, where he made a positive impact on a bin.
The club record signing cost more than £100m. The man has counted the contents of his own pockets twice and says the total does not approach it, but that he is willing to be substituted on.
Roberto De Zerbi has said he is confident Tonali will come good. The man says he is backing him as well, from the pavement, which he points out is the only place currently open to him.
He expects to feel tired by Thursday.
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