The former sporting director of Sampdoria Claudio Nassi spoke about the purchases he made at the time of the Blucerchiati from Como, here are the names
One of the sports managers who brought to Genoa many important talents who allowed the Blucerchiati to engrave their name in the winners’ register was Claudio Nassi.
The former sporting director of the Ligurians told the pages of The 19th century that many of its fortunes come from the team that, this Saturday, will present itself in Genoa as opponents of Sampdoria: The How.
At the time, Nassi says, there was the intermediation of Mino Favini which favored the relationship between the two companies: «Mantovani wanted to win. But we couldn’t take Tardelli or Cabrini. And so I looked for the best talents in B and C. The manager of Como was also a man I respected very much: Mino Favini. Como was a very expensive club, when I arrived at Samp I decided to try for Pietro, the Tsar. He asked me for one billion three hundred million. Fusi? It was strong but SAmp already had Pari in the midfield and Pellegrini as libero. I told Mantovani, if he wants, take him, but before him buy Moreno Mannini. He took Fusi by paying him two billion, leaving him there for a couple of years. And he made an incredible exchange: Guerrini to Como, Mannini to SAmp, for zero. I showered him with compliments. He had signed an exceptional defender »
