Orazio Pagliuca is a tattoo artist who has worked with many footballers, including Gianluigi Donnarumma and Hakan Çalhanoglu.
However, the footballer he’s closest to is Newcastle United’s Sandro Tonali.
The 36-year-old has lived in Brescia for most of his life and opened a tattoo shop which became popular with AC Milan players and helped grow his reputation in the industry.
Tonali and Pagliuca became friends when the midfielder was in the youth ranks at Brescia and they remain close to this day. In a feature with Corriere della Sera, he’s quoted as saying: “Last week I was in Newcastle to visit him and then to Ibiza where I gave him another tattoo.”
It was Tonali’s move from Brescia to AC Milan which helped his friend hit the big time, and now there’s the chance he may be following him again.
Corriere della Sera say Pagliuca wants a change in his life and is considering moving to Newcastle to open a shop there: “I could go to England, but let’s see if Sandro wants to invest in this business.”
Should he make the move then the shop would certainly be popular among the Magpies faithful.
