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... of espresso growing cold on the coffee table in front of him. The apartment wasn’t much, but it was enough—a far cry from the penthouse suites he’d stayed in during his playing days in Madrid and Manchester, but also a world away from the cold, damp loneliness of his final days in England. Lecce, with its orange-tinged sunsets and palm-lined streets, had its charm.

The living room was small but neat, painted in beige and white with Mediterranean touches: a wrought iron coffee table, cer ...

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