On Thursday, The Athletic invited our subscribers to submit questions for an exclusive interview with the former Juventus forward and Middlesbrough icon Fabrizio Ravanelli. The Italian, now 51, is isolating at his home in the Italian town of Perugia but remotely joined The Athletic for a trip down memory lane.



Ravanelli is best known in England for a dramatic season at Middlesbrough in the 1996-97 campaign, when he became the third most expensive signing in English football at £7 million. He joined fresh off the back of lifting the Champions League as a pivotal part of Juventus’ star-studded side under Marcello Lippi.



At Juventus, he also won the UEFA Cup in 1993 and the Serie A title in 1995, before later adding a second league success with Lazio in 2000 and then joining Derby County. In his sole full season at Middlesbrough, who stunned English football by signing a litany of stars including the Brazilian pair Juninho and Emerson, he helped his new club...