The son tells the legendary 9 Rossoneri: “He was humble and he always dedicated himself to others, perhaps too much. He confessed that his biggest mistake was to leave Italy. Unlike Liedholm, my godfather …”
The father, Gunnar Nordahl, was the largest foreign gunner in Italy, the 9 who scored more goals in Milan: a monument that stands out, star of the legendary Gre-No-Li. He too, Thomas, who grew up in Italy from 1949 to 1960, was a professional footballer. At 78, with his wife Gittan, he still repatriated “in a country that I feel so much”.