The great-grandson of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini has signed for Lazio - the Italian football club whose neo-fascist fans idolise 'Il Duce' and traditionally give stiff-arm salutes.
Romano Floriani Mussolini, 18, is turning out for the Rome team’s youth side as a defender. The club’s youth academy coach Mauro Bianchessi, said he had worked with Mussolini for two years.
He added: “Now the fruits of that hard work are paying off.” Young Mussolini is playing for Lazio while he continues his education at an English language private school.
His mum Alessandra, a former right-wing MP who has expressed pride in her grandad, declined to comment on the significance of a Mussolini possibly playing in Italy’s top flight, saying that it was a
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