The latest victim of the curse just left after one year at the club. Piatek was just the latest victim of the curse of the number nine jersey at Milan, but Gianluca Lapadula isn't afraid of it:"I don't believe in the curse, but it goes without saying there is a lot of pressure with that number. When you play for Milan there's pressure regardless of number- the now Lecce striker told GianlucaDiMarzio.com- but I'm certain of one thing, if Milan wanted me back on the team, I would pay to wear number nine"
Lapadula described the time he did in fact join Milan:"The year before I was at Teramo in Serie C, the next summer my agent was getting calls from all the clubs who wanted to buy me. I was on verge to join Genoa, but Pescara President Sebastiani blocked everything: Berlusconi called me and in 24 hours he brought me to Milan. Once I heard talk about Milan, I accepted right away"
