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Elkann anything but a phenomenon’
By Football Italia staff
Fiorentina patron Diego Della Valle has labelled Exor CEO Johan Elkann 'a kid, unaware that the world has changed’.
The head of Exor, the company that owns Juventus, yesterday commented on the Biaconeri’s recent success and their ambitions for the future.
La Viola’s co-owner Della Valle was left less than impressed, though.
“Having a particular surname does not mean you have the strength to do great things,” the 59-year-old told La7 this week.
“We need to acknowledge all the guys who can do good but who cannot find work at the moment.
“John is anything but a phenomenon, yet he has a job and a certain importance.
“He is just a kid and he does not understand that the world has changed.”
Ouch......
By Football Italia staff
Fiorentina patron Diego Della Valle has labelled Exor CEO Johan Elkann 'a kid, unaware that the world has changed’.
The head of Exor, the company that owns Juventus, yesterday commented on the Biaconeri’s recent success and their ambitions for the future.
La Viola’s co-owner Della Valle was left less than impressed, though.
“Having a particular surname does not mean you have the strength to do great things,” the 59-year-old told La7 this week.
“We need to acknowledge all the guys who can do good but who cannot find work at the moment.
“John is anything but a phenomenon, yet he has a job and a certain importance.
“He is just a kid and he does not understand that the world has changed.”
Ouch......
Italian carmaker Fiat SpA struck a $4.35 billion deal to gain full control of Chrysler Group LLC, ending more than a year of tense talks that have obstructed Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne's efforts to combine the two automakers' resources.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/02/us-fiat-chrysler-veba-idUSBREA000FK20140102
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/02/us-fiat-chrysler-veba-idUSBREA000FK20140102
Della Valle-Elkann row erupts
By Football Italia staff
An ugly spat has broken out between Juventus patron John Elkann andFiorentina owner Diego Della Valle.
The two clubs have a notoriously fractious relationship based on their rivalry, but it has now spread to the business world as well.
Della Valle criticised Fiat and Elkann hit back, claiming “Della Valle has other things to worry about, as his company Tod’s is going badly. They are down 20 per cent when matched with their competitors.
“They are dwarfed by Prada, Armani, Lvmh and Kering. It’s a small business that is not going well.”
Della Valle was furious and responded to Elkann, an heir to the Agnelli family whose nickname is Yaki.
“I read that Yaki, returning from a long weekend, made comments on a subject he notoriously knows nothing about: the world of work and businesses that run successfully.
“He talked rubbish. If he should like to visit a business that makes excellent products with well-prepared employees and a solid financial situation that never needed to make redundancies, I invite him to visit the Tod’s Group.
“He could even remain for an apprenticeship, seeing as he has a lot of free time. That way he’d learn what it means to actually work.
“I’ve known Yaki since he was a child and it’s a shame he is unable to understand there’s nothing personal in my position against Fiat and theAgnelli family.
“My criticism is against a family who has had and taken everything it wanted from Italy and the Italians in recent decades. In a dramatic moment for the country, instead of being ready to support Italy, they ran off into the shadows to sort out their own personal affairs.
“Anyone who behaves this way deserves no respect.”
By Football Italia staff
An ugly spat has broken out between Juventus patron John Elkann andFiorentina owner Diego Della Valle.
The two clubs have a notoriously fractious relationship based on their rivalry, but it has now spread to the business world as well.
Della Valle criticised Fiat and Elkann hit back, claiming “Della Valle has other things to worry about, as his company Tod’s is going badly. They are down 20 per cent when matched with their competitors.
“They are dwarfed by Prada, Armani, Lvmh and Kering. It’s a small business that is not going well.”
Della Valle was furious and responded to Elkann, an heir to the Agnelli family whose nickname is Yaki.
“I read that Yaki, returning from a long weekend, made comments on a subject he notoriously knows nothing about: the world of work and businesses that run successfully.
“He talked rubbish. If he should like to visit a business that makes excellent products with well-prepared employees and a solid financial situation that never needed to make redundancies, I invite him to visit the Tod’s Group.
“He could even remain for an apprenticeship, seeing as he has a lot of free time. That way he’d learn what it means to actually work.
“I’ve known Yaki since he was a child and it’s a shame he is unable to understand there’s nothing personal in my position against Fiat and theAgnelli family.
“My criticism is against a family who has had and taken everything it wanted from Italy and the Italians in recent decades. In a dramatic moment for the country, instead of being ready to support Italy, they ran off into the shadows to sort out their own personal affairs.
“Anyone who behaves this way deserves no respect.”
Lol, this "row" is not down to football reasons, but for the control of RCS, biggest editorial group in Italy, who controls several newspapers (including la Gazzetta dello Spork, la Stampa, Corriere della Sera, and so on), whose majority quotes are controlled by Elkann. Della Valle's a bit butthurt about it and is talking shit about FIAT and Agnelli/Elkann family (in a bit ridiculous way imo, showing clearly that he's butthurt). Nothing to do with football or Fiorentina really, even if this scuffles consequencely complicated the relations between the two clubs, being them the owners (even if Elkann doesn't look to spend so much time behind Juve, for sure not more than necessary).
