Former agent: After leading the team for the first training, Maresca said that Boni would be a phenomenal player

Sports 10:06am, 6 July 2025 137

Boni joined Inter Milan from Parma this summer. His former agent Ivan Lemay talked about Boni's journey to join Parma in an interview with Footmercato, and talked about the feelings of former Parma coach Maresca after leading Boni to conduct his first training.

He said: "We have recommended him to all French clubs, including Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 teams, but no one dared to bet on him at that time, and no club was willing to line up to pay for his youth training... Other players might choose to go abroad because of this, and he just wanted to stay in France. From that moment on, we had to find an ideal club for him to stimulate potential. That needed a team with the right development scale, and we finally chose the Italian veteran team Parma. At that time, Parma was forming a younger lineup."

" Parma had One of the five youngest teams in Europe and is still playing in the Serie B. Italy is an ideal destination for young players, and countless cases have proved this. So I suggested that he go to Parma because getting enough playing time there is more conducive to his own growth. When I recommended to Parma, I contacted Ribarta, then sports director. After then Parma coach Maresca led the team for his first training, Ribarta immediately called me: 'When Maresca finished training, he said that if Boni continued to perform like this, we will gain a phenomenal talented player. '"