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Italy's "Clean Hands" judge says he is not a soccer fan
Wed May 24, 2006 4:44 PM GMT
By Robin Pomeroy
ROME (Reuters) - The controversial magistrate who has been called out of retirement to clean up Italian football said on Wednesday he was not a soccer fan and had been to a stadium only once in his life.
Francesco Borrelli, who headed the "Clean Hands" investigations into political corruption in the early 1990s, has agreed to conduct a Football Federation investigation into allegations of match-fixing that have shocked Italy.
"I've never had anything to do with football," the 76-year-old Borrelli told La Stampa daily. "I'm not a fan of any team."
Borrelli is a controversial choice to pick his way through the affair centred on champions Juventus and touching many of Italian soccer's biggest clubs.
As the lead prosecutor in Italy's biggest political scandal, he headed a probe which led to the arrest of hundred of business and political figures and destroyed the careers of many.
While the Clean Hands prosecutors were hailed as heroes by many normal Italians, people caught up in the affair still resent what they saw as a heavy-handed or even politically motivated crusade.
Borrelli played down comparisons between his new job and the "Clean Hands" probe.
"Making such a parallel seems a bit too easy," he said. "We are talking about widespread illegality, that's the only way I see a possible similarity with the past, but I don't want to come to any judgment in advance."
Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi condemned Borrelli's appointment. Berlusconi owns AC Milan, one of four teams implicated in the soccer scandal which has inevitably been dubbed "Clean Feet".
"If he does to football what he did to politics, it will be the end of football," Berlusconi's lawyer, parliamentarian Gaetano Pecorella, was quoted as saying by Italian newspapers.
Borrelli will head the football federation's probe into the scandal which encompasses allegations of match-fixing, through shady transfer deals to illegal betting.
The key figure is the former general manager of Juventus, Luciano Moggi, known as "Lucky Luciano", who has a reputation as a backroom wheeler-dealer.
Moggi has denied all allegations, including that he used his influence to ensure sympathetic referees were appointed to key matches.
WIDESPREAD ILLEGALITY
Juventus could face relegation from Serie A if the accusations are proven.
The club is majority owned by the Agnelli family which also controls carmaker Fiat and its shares have dived from almost 2.50 euros earlier in the month to 1.20.
A federation (FIGC) official said Borrelli would examine evidence from the various investigations by public prosecutors to see what disciplinary steps might be needed.
He said there was no deadline for the investigation.
However, the new league season starts in August and might have to be delayed if there are doubts about which clubs should be relegated.
European soccer body UEFA also needs to know soon the names of the clubs who will play in next season's Champions League and UEFA Cup.
In a reaction to the scandal, Italy's antitrust watchdog issued recommendations on Tuesday calling on FIGC to open up the soccer business and abolish rules on agents which blocked competition and "favour collusive behaviour".
The watchdog said FIGC should abolish its requirement for soccer agents to be accepted on to an official list and to ban agents working with clubs where family members are employed.
One of the Clean Feet investigations is into the behaviour of a powerful sports talent agency called GEA which is run by Moggi's son Alessandro.
Wed May 24, 2006 4:44 PM GMT
By Robin Pomeroy
ROME (Reuters) - The controversial magistrate who has been called out of retirement to clean up Italian football said on Wednesday he was not a soccer fan and had been to a stadium only once in his life.
Francesco Borrelli, who headed the "Clean Hands" investigations into political corruption in the early 1990s, has agreed to conduct a Football Federation investigation into allegations of match-fixing that have shocked Italy.
"I've never had anything to do with football," the 76-year-old Borrelli told La Stampa daily. "I'm not a fan of any team."
Borrelli is a controversial choice to pick his way through the affair centred on champions Juventus and touching many of Italian soccer's biggest clubs.
As the lead prosecutor in Italy's biggest political scandal, he headed a probe which led to the arrest of hundred of business and political figures and destroyed the careers of many.
While the Clean Hands prosecutors were hailed as heroes by many normal Italians, people caught up in the affair still resent what they saw as a heavy-handed or even politically motivated crusade.
Borrelli played down comparisons between his new job and the "Clean Hands" probe.
"Making such a parallel seems a bit too easy," he said. "We are talking about widespread illegality, that's the only way I see a possible similarity with the past, but I don't want to come to any judgment in advance."
Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi condemned Borrelli's appointment. Berlusconi owns AC Milan, one of four teams implicated in the soccer scandal which has inevitably been dubbed "Clean Feet".
"If he does to football what he did to politics, it will be the end of football," Berlusconi's lawyer, parliamentarian Gaetano Pecorella, was quoted as saying by Italian newspapers.
Borrelli will head the football federation's probe into the scandal which encompasses allegations of match-fixing, through shady transfer deals to illegal betting.
The key figure is the former general manager of Juventus, Luciano Moggi, known as "Lucky Luciano", who has a reputation as a backroom wheeler-dealer.
Moggi has denied all allegations, including that he used his influence to ensure sympathetic referees were appointed to key matches.
WIDESPREAD ILLEGALITY
Juventus could face relegation from Serie A if the accusations are proven.
The club is majority owned by the Agnelli family which also controls carmaker Fiat and its shares have dived from almost 2.50 euros earlier in the month to 1.20.
A federation (FIGC) official said Borrelli would examine evidence from the various investigations by public prosecutors to see what disciplinary steps might be needed.
He said there was no deadline for the investigation.
However, the new league season starts in August and might have to be delayed if there are doubts about which clubs should be relegated.
European soccer body UEFA also needs to know soon the names of the clubs who will play in next season's Champions League and UEFA Cup.
In a reaction to the scandal, Italy's antitrust watchdog issued recommendations on Tuesday calling on FIGC to open up the soccer business and abolish rules on agents which blocked competition and "favour collusive behaviour".
The watchdog said FIGC should abolish its requirement for soccer agents to be accepted on to an official list and to ban agents working with clubs where family members are employed.
One of the Clean Feet investigations is into the behaviour of a powerful sports talent agency called GEA which is run by Moggi's son Alessandro.
Milan deny match-fixing claim after new phone taps
Thu May 25, 2006 5:21 PM GMT
ROME (Reuters) - AC Milan denied on Thursday any wrongdoing after a newspaper published phone taps which suggested the club had tried to influence the appointment of referees for their matches.
The phone taps were part of a probe into alleged match-fixing which has so far centred on Serie A champions Juventus but has sent shock waves through the Italian game.
Milan's lawyer said in a statement the phone taps had been "wrongly interpreted".
According to one of the transcripts published by Corriere della Sera daily, Leonardo Meani, a member of AC Milan's management, spoke to the official assigning linesmen in April 2005, complaining about a linesman after Milan lost to Siena.
In the phone call he warned the official to "be careful", adding that AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani, who is also the Football League president, was "furious".
A separate phone tap shows Meani speaking with another football federation official about refereeing appointments.
In a statement, Milan lawyer Leandro Cantamessa said: "I have said and have repeated ad nauseam that Milan have nothing to do with this case."
Italian football has been shaken by the scandal which encompasses allegations of match-fixing, shady transfer deals and illegal betting on matches.
The entire board of Juventus has resigned and the club could face relegation if the accusations are proven.
AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina are also under investigation.
Thu May 25, 2006 5:21 PM GMT
ROME (Reuters) - AC Milan denied on Thursday any wrongdoing after a newspaper published phone taps which suggested the club had tried to influence the appointment of referees for their matches.
The phone taps were part of a probe into alleged match-fixing which has so far centred on Serie A champions Juventus but has sent shock waves through the Italian game.
Milan's lawyer said in a statement the phone taps had been "wrongly interpreted".
According to one of the transcripts published by Corriere della Sera daily, Leonardo Meani, a member of AC Milan's management, spoke to the official assigning linesmen in April 2005, complaining about a linesman after Milan lost to Siena.
In the phone call he warned the official to "be careful", adding that AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani, who is also the Football League president, was "furious".
A separate phone tap shows Meani speaking with another football federation official about refereeing appointments.
In a statement, Milan lawyer Leandro Cantamessa said: "I have said and have repeated ad nauseam that Milan have nothing to do with this case."
Italian football has been shaken by the scandal which encompasses allegations of match-fixing, shady transfer deals and illegal betting on matches.
The entire board of Juventus has resigned and the club could face relegation if the accusations are proven.
AC Milan, Lazio and Fiorentina are also under investigation.
Il Milan e il dossier ''Paparesta''
26 05 2006
Gianluca Paparesta Grazia NeriEmergono nuovi dettagli sulle intercettazioni che riguardano il dirigente milanista Meani, Adriano Galliani e l'arbitro Gianluca Paparesta.
Nell'informativa resa pubblica sulle telefonate del dirigente milanista c'è la chiamata fatta a all'arbitro "per informarlo di quanto Galliani gli aveva riferito".
Galliani avrebbe - secondo quanto emerge - trasmesso al sottosegretario alla Presidenza del Consiglio, Gianni Letta, un documento relativo ad attività connesse al Consorzio Asso Bio Diesel del quale Paparesta era revisore contabile.
A quanto emerge, Paparesta avrebbe chiesto attenzione per un prodotto ecologico dell'azienda ammesso dal Protocollo di Kyoto ma non consentito dalla legge italiana.
Dopodiché, Meani esterna le sue considerazione sull’attuale situazione del mondo arbitrale, "... e bisogna un po’ cambiare, bisogna un pochettino cambiare il vento però!"... Il dirigente milanista, infine, invita l'arbitro a contattare il presidente Galliani per ringraziarlo del suo interessamento per la vicenda che lo riguarda".
Seconda quanto riporta il Corriere della Sera, il 27 aprile 2005 Galliani chiama Meani "per avvisarlo di riferire all'arbitro Paparesta che il dossier è nelle mani del sottosegretario Gianni Letta", dopo che in proposito gli aveva specificato "che questa mattina mi ha chiamato, m'ha detto che conosce la vicenda e che interverrà
26 05 2006
Gianluca Paparesta Grazia NeriEmergono nuovi dettagli sulle intercettazioni che riguardano il dirigente milanista Meani, Adriano Galliani e l'arbitro Gianluca Paparesta.
Nell'informativa resa pubblica sulle telefonate del dirigente milanista c'è la chiamata fatta a all'arbitro "per informarlo di quanto Galliani gli aveva riferito".
Galliani avrebbe - secondo quanto emerge - trasmesso al sottosegretario alla Presidenza del Consiglio, Gianni Letta, un documento relativo ad attività connesse al Consorzio Asso Bio Diesel del quale Paparesta era revisore contabile.
A quanto emerge, Paparesta avrebbe chiesto attenzione per un prodotto ecologico dell'azienda ammesso dal Protocollo di Kyoto ma non consentito dalla legge italiana.
Dopodiché, Meani esterna le sue considerazione sull’attuale situazione del mondo arbitrale, "... e bisogna un po’ cambiare, bisogna un pochettino cambiare il vento però!"... Il dirigente milanista, infine, invita l'arbitro a contattare il presidente Galliani per ringraziarlo del suo interessamento per la vicenda che lo riguarda".
Seconda quanto riporta il Corriere della Sera, il 27 aprile 2005 Galliani chiama Meani "per avvisarlo di riferire all'arbitro Paparesta che il dossier è nelle mani del sottosegretario Gianni Letta", dopo che in proposito gli aveva specificato "che questa mattina mi ha chiamato, m'ha detto che conosce la vicenda e che interverrà