Moggi blasts the FIGC over the Bologna president ban, as well as Inter's alleged shady deals with Genoa...
By Salvatore Landolina - Goal.com
Jun 23, 2010 2:56:00 PM
Luciano Moggi has turned his fire on the Italian FA after Bologna president Francesca Menarini received a three-month ban for having dinner with him.
The Menarini family, who own the Emilia-Romagna-based club, had treated Moggi to dinner several months ago, but they never expected the bill to come to a three-month ban for an involvement with the currently banned former transfer chief.
And neither did Moggi, who was left with a sour taste by the FA's decision to punish the Bologna chief.
"The sentence from the FIGC against the Menarinis for having entertained me at dinner is a story that borders on the theatre of the absurd," Moggi told Libero.
"Since I am no longer part of the Federal administration following the unfounded condemnation of July 2006 [Calciopoli], I have long been a private citizen. Obviously, the sports justice system does not cease to persecute me, exposing a serious liability for unlawful interference in private dimensions, such as the dinner."
Moggi then turned up the heat on the FA, asking them what punitive action they would take against Genoa and Inter following the alleged irregularities in the transfers involving Diego Milito and Thiago Motta in which an investigation from the FIGC is ongoing.
"If the Menarinis were give a three-month ban for dinner, what will happen to [Enrico] Preziosi and [Massimo] Moratti after the Motta and Milito deals?"
The Italian FA are currently investigating the allegations against Inter and Genoa after Preziosi admitted he had instigated the deals last year while serving a ban from the game.