Venezuela really dreams of Daniel Maldini

Daniel Maldini with Venezuela

Daniel Maldini could play with Venezuela’s national team, given his mother’s passport. Vinotinto’s technical commissioner, Fernando Batista, also confirmed this to TMW: “Sì, I talked to him. Both with him and with Paolo, his father. We know that he has the possibility of playing with us because of his mother, who è Venezuelan. We invited him to participate in an internship and in the Pre-Olympic that was held just now in Venezuela with the Under 23. Daniel thanked me very much, but he told me that for the moment he prefers to continue like this, he wants to see if he can play with’Italy".

"We tried, I talked to both his father and him to invite him to play. For the moment he really liked it, but he wants to wait and see if he can’play one day with Italy, and one has to respect him. Però if one day he wants to reconsider and play for Venezuela, the doors are always open. We have remained on very good terms with both Daniel and Paolo, if we have to talk about it again, we will”.

"Do I think of contacting him again in the future? As I said, the doors remain open. I pointed this out to Daniel as well. He has now made the decision to wait for Italy and I respect that, but Vinotinto remains available and I repeat, if we have to talk about it again we will. For our part, the intent is there’è. He at the moment has told us no and we respect his choice".