Southampton striker Manolo Gabbiadini admits he sees himself returning to Italy.

Gabbiadini left Napoli for Southampton last January.

“My English was bad at first, but it all becomes easier when you score and everyone's helped me a lot," he told Gianluca Di Marzio's website.

“I'm feeling good at Southampton, as do my wife Martina and son Tommaso. Ooviously there have been some changes compared to Naples.

“There was life... Neapolitan life, around-the-clock, walking on the seafront. Here in England, it's colder so we feel much more at home.

“My debut for Atalanta in 2010? The very next day, I was in the workshop with my uncle.

“I used to work for four hours in the morning and still didn't think that I'd become a professional footballer. He told me to go away, things like 'what are you doing here?'

“I realised later that I'd become a pro, when you drop into Serie B and notice that you go back to A.

“Bologna? When I'm in town and they play at home, I happily go to watch them. Being Italian, I can't say that I don't think about going back."