not just about too nice of a person but 99.99% ex footballers has no influence outside football, and in a country like italy, I can't stress this enough, THIS IS ITALY, we just can't afford being defenseless outside pure footballing matters...
heck, calciopoli contained plots that supposedly only exist on matter of national security, national intelligence and other high level stuffs -wiretap-; having a leader with massive influence outside football is the only mean of defense against that kind of shit.
if we are arsenal we could consider ex footballer/club legend to be president, but no, this is italy! (with the sound of leonidas
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