Bologna forward Musa Barrow has vowed to ‘dedicate my first goal’ after the resumption to Bergamo and the people who helped him at Atalanta: "I have lost friends."
Atalanta has played a big part in the growth of Barrow, who left on loan with an option to buy in January, and he will never forget his links to Bergamo.
Bologna forward Musa Barrow has vowed to ‘dedicate my first goal’ after the resumption to Bergamo and the people who helped him at Atalanta: "I have lost friends."
Atalanta has played a big part in the growth of Barrow, who left on loan with an option to buy in January, and he will never forget his links to Bergamo.
“I have lost friends. People who helped me, supported me, given me advice, who raised us in the house where we grew up,” he told La Gazzetta dello Sport. “I think of Don Fausto Resmini, then Dino’s wife, a gentleman full of humanity.
“I will tell you one thing. My first goal, when we resume, will be dedicated to them and to Bergamo. I will have a message under the shirt, an interview or looking to the skies. But it will be all for them.
“We must resume safely, but certain situations will never be forgotten. In Gambia we say that football has the power to save your life. If it can also provide smiles, it’s welcome.”
Today Barrow is training for the first time since the forced break and he has been looking forward to ‘lie down on the grass’.
“…and I will be happy. Delighted. To see the pitch but also to greet a teammate who might be training 20 metres from me.
“This is life, finding your world again. And maybe all the bad thoughts will go away because football really has this medicine in it. You think about playing, about having fun.
“Keeping in mind those missing people, those who have lost mothers or fathers, grandparents. I will dedicate the first goal I score for them too.”