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Moggi: J'accuse Inter
Sunday 5 August, 2007
Luciano Moggi has spoken out about the Calciopoli scandal, Juventus, Inter, the FIGC and the 'real’ mafia within football.
The disgraced former Juventus director general was painted as the central figure in a system, referred to by public prosecutors as the 'Cupola’, running refereeing favours and transfer irregularities in Italian football.
“I am the only one who really defended Juve. They went into the trial by pleading guilty to every charge and asking for a lenient sentence. I can be a lawyer too, if that’s all it takes,” accused Moggi in an interview with Italo Cucci.
“You ask me if in reality the whole scandal was a battle between the two factions of the Agnelli family? I plead the Fifth. Looking at the newspapers, there are some fractures within the family that I never even imagined.”
The fight for control of the Juve empire after the death of both Gianni and Umberto Agnelli has seen two distinct factions break out and Moggi insists the initial Calciopoli leak came from an insider who wanted him ousted.
“If Luca Cordero di Montezemolo had defended Juventus the way he is now defending Ferrari, the club would never have gone into Serie B.”
Juve were demoted after the Calciopoli scandal and initially given a 30-point penalty, eventually reduced to 11 on appeal.
“I was painted as being responsible for all the ills in the world of football. They told FIGC Commissioner Rossi that they just needed to kick Juventus out to resolve everything. When he went, the same people said nothing had changed,” continued Moggi.
“The truth is that the 'Cupola’ is still the same as it always was with Franco Carraro at the head, swiftly followed by all the current chiefs of Italian football. Carraro was in charge before and he still is now.”
Former Federation President Carraro was initially suspended for his part in the scandal, but was later cleared on appeal.
Although he is no longer the chief of the FIGC, he continues to hold a consultation role and was part of the committee proposing Italy to host the Euro 2012 games.
Moggi was at the centre of the trial when wiretapped telephone conversations were published in the newspapers and in some cases played on radio.
“I can tell you that in the enormous number of calls they intercepted, there was nothing particularly noteworthy. What was said between Milan director Leonardo Meani and Pierluigi Collina was far worse, yet he is now a refereeing designator,” said the former Juventus transfer guru.
“I ask myself another question – why were Inter never wiretapped? The answer I give is because Marco Tronchetti Provera put the phone down.”
Moggi is here referring to the fact Inter director Tronchetti Provera is a leading figure in Telecom Italia. That is not the end of his accusations aimed at the Nerazzurri.
“The power is now centred in Milan and Inter will win the Scudetto for four years on the trot. To achieve that they had to get Patrick Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, two Juventus players I would never have sold to them.
“I will say even more – that rather than hand them over to the Nerazzurri, I would have let Juve lose money. But this is how they managed to win what they had not done in 18 years.”
Both Ibrahimovic and Vieira demanded a transfer away from Turin in the wake of Calciopoli.
Moggi: J'accuse Inter
Sunday 5 August, 2007
Luciano Moggi has spoken out about the Calciopoli scandal, Juventus, Inter, the FIGC and the 'real’ mafia within football.
The disgraced former Juventus director general was painted as the central figure in a system, referred to by public prosecutors as the 'Cupola’, running refereeing favours and transfer irregularities in Italian football.
“I am the only one who really defended Juve. They went into the trial by pleading guilty to every charge and asking for a lenient sentence. I can be a lawyer too, if that’s all it takes,” accused Moggi in an interview with Italo Cucci.
“You ask me if in reality the whole scandal was a battle between the two factions of the Agnelli family? I plead the Fifth. Looking at the newspapers, there are some fractures within the family that I never even imagined.”
The fight for control of the Juve empire after the death of both Gianni and Umberto Agnelli has seen two distinct factions break out and Moggi insists the initial Calciopoli leak came from an insider who wanted him ousted.
“If Luca Cordero di Montezemolo had defended Juventus the way he is now defending Ferrari, the club would never have gone into Serie B.”
Juve were demoted after the Calciopoli scandal and initially given a 30-point penalty, eventually reduced to 11 on appeal.
“I was painted as being responsible for all the ills in the world of football. They told FIGC Commissioner Rossi that they just needed to kick Juventus out to resolve everything. When he went, the same people said nothing had changed,” continued Moggi.
“The truth is that the 'Cupola’ is still the same as it always was with Franco Carraro at the head, swiftly followed by all the current chiefs of Italian football. Carraro was in charge before and he still is now.”
Former Federation President Carraro was initially suspended for his part in the scandal, but was later cleared on appeal.
Although he is no longer the chief of the FIGC, he continues to hold a consultation role and was part of the committee proposing Italy to host the Euro 2012 games.
Moggi was at the centre of the trial when wiretapped telephone conversations were published in the newspapers and in some cases played on radio.
“I can tell you that in the enormous number of calls they intercepted, there was nothing particularly noteworthy. What was said between Milan director Leonardo Meani and Pierluigi Collina was far worse, yet he is now a refereeing designator,” said the former Juventus transfer guru.
“I ask myself another question – why were Inter never wiretapped? The answer I give is because Marco Tronchetti Provera put the phone down.”
Moggi is here referring to the fact Inter director Tronchetti Provera is a leading figure in Telecom Italia. That is not the end of his accusations aimed at the Nerazzurri.
“The power is now centred in Milan and Inter will win the Scudetto for four years on the trot. To achieve that they had to get Patrick Vieira and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, two Juventus players I would never have sold to them.
“I will say even more – that rather than hand them over to the Nerazzurri, I would have let Juve lose money. But this is how they managed to win what they had not done in 18 years.”
Both Ibrahimovic and Vieira demanded a transfer away from Turin in the wake of Calciopoli.
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