GENNARO GATTUSO has claimed Valencia star Toni Lato is the "ideal" man for his 18-year-old daughter.
The Italian coach, 44, is currently manager of the LaLiga side after joining them in June on a two-year deal – 12 months after talks to take over at Spurs fell through.
So far they have lost two of their opening three league matches, but did kick-start their campaign with a 5-1 win over Getafe on Sunday.
Left-back Lato scored Valencia's first goal of the game in the seventh-minute as they went on to secure a comfortably victory.
And Gattuso said after the match that he is so impressed with the 24-year-old Spaniard that he has even discussed him with his daughter, Gabriela.
He said: "I'm lucky to have a kid like Lato. He's amazing. My coaching staff and I realized that on the first day.
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"I talked a lot with Toni in these two months because when I looked at his data I saw that he was always injured. He listened to me and now he's fine.
"There's a problem, when he trains he's 100 percent and it can't always be like that, because you end up injuring yourself.
"I think we are managing the situation well. At this point I am very happy for him, he is incredible, he is very humble.
"He is the ideal man. My daughter is 18 years old and I tell her about him."
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Gattuso began life at Valencia with back-to-back defeats at the hands of Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid.
But the thrashing of Getafe will boost his side's confidence after they endured a dismal 2021/22 campaign.
Valencia missed out on European football altogether last season, finishing ninth in the LaLiga table.
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