These are the blunt declarations of Aurelio De Laurentiis: “Serie A carried out by 6-8 teams, the rest is fluff”
Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis burst out in the Senate today talking about what, in his opinion, doesn’t work in Italian football. Sticchi Damiani has his say on ADL’s outburst, however highlighting many other solutions: “Of the Premier League model I’ve been hearing about it for years but we’re still left with a Serie A that’s always unbalanced in favor of the big teams. With Lecce I often find myself facing teams that have ten times the spending capacity. Very often it is an arduous challenge. Narrowing this difference through a more equal distribution of TV rights revenues would increase entertainment. But we are still very far away, in fact the trend is always the opposite.”
If the big leagues in Serie A have something to complain about, Sticchi highlights other distortions in the system, pushed by the big teams towards an increasingly distant gap: “Serie B is supported every year by a contribution from Serie A. This contribution is paid by the newly promoted teams, it seems incredible to say. Therefore a question relegated and paid to the three poorest clubs in Serie A, who must make a contribution to Serie B. Not just for one year but for the following three years. Every rule increases this gap between the richest and weakest clubs.”
And finally, De Laurentiis also spoke of a weighted right to vote and no longer a single one per company. In his opinion, the first manager of via Costadura exalts the sustainability and correct management of his club unlike other associations: “It does nothing but increase the inequalities. Inequalities also regarding the right to vote: the maximum. I don’t make a difference between big and small, perhaps it is time to evaluate clubs based on managementAnd”.
Finally, Saverio Sticchi Damiani does not send word: “Why do I have to rely on even large clubs that have caused disasters on an economic level? We run a structured and solid club, which is put at risk by sporting results: and it is added value.”
The words on Lecce’s salvation: “Offers for Krstovic, Gendrey and Dorgu? I have not received anything”
