Gianluca Vialli. Photo: Ansa – newsby
Is Gianluca Vialli’s father really a billionaire as has been said for some time? The truth has finally been revealed by Vialli’s mother, Maria Teresa.
Gianluca Vialli has been talked about at length in recent weeks. The former Juventus and Sampdoria striker, now a sports manager, was cstruck by pancreatic cancer and his conditions have worsened a lot lately, so much so that he requires emergency hospitalization in a London clinic. As often happens in these circumstances, his family members also ended up in the eye of the storm, including his father Gianfranco, who had a business in the prefabricated structures sector when he was younger.
Vialli, is the father a billionaire? The whole truth
According to many, Vialli’s father would be a very wealthy man, a millionaire to be exact. Rumors that have begun to circulate also due to the very comfortable childhood of Gianluca Vialli himself. Indeed, he and his family they lived in Villa Affaitati in Belgioioso, an architectural complex from the 15th century built in Grumello Cremonese.
However, these would be completely unfounded rumors. To say it was none other than Vialli’s mother, Maria Teresa, who asserted that hers is nothing more than an (upper) bourgeois family. “We are bourgeois, that’s what we are”, declared the woman, who then silenced everyone with the great elegance that distinguishes her. In short, there is no doubt that the Vialli family is very wealthy, but it is obviously not a question of a millionaire family. In any case, the curiosity around Vialli’s family has certainly not diminished after this revelation.
Certainly, Vialli, as already mentioned, had a comfortable life. The Viallis lived in a 15th century castle in Grumello Cremonese, with over 60 rooms.
Curiosity about Vialli’s wife, Cathryn
Attention was also drawn to the wife of the sports manager, the beautiful former South African model Catherine White Cooper. Vialli and Cathryn got married in secret back in 2003 and have been inseparable ever since. The two met in London, when he was playing for Chelsea and she, after a thriving career as a model, was taking her first steps in the world of interior design. Vialli worked hard to win the heart of the beautiful Cathryn, but in the end (after four months of intense courtship) the two got together. After the fateful “yes” at the altar, the couple also had two beautiful daughters, Sofia and Olivia, who are now grown up.
The family chose London as their place of residence, and both Vialli and Cathryn have never regretted the choice they made. The couple has always maintained a reserved lifestyle and a low profile, preferring to stay away from the lens of photographers and the interest of the media. In fact, both have chosen not to have official social profiles, so as not to attract interest in their daily lives in any way.
Since she has always been very private, not much is known about Vialli’s wife. The woman has always refused any kind of interview and in public she has been seen very sporadically, always at her husband’s side. One of his last public appearances happened in 2019, on the occasion of the delivery to Vialli of the Facchetti prize.
On that prestigious occasion, Cathryn showed for the first time her fragility and her deep love for her husband, openly telling the press “the battle for the disease continues and I won’t give up”. At the time, in fact, Gianluca had already been battling pancreatic cancer for two years. Even today that his conditions have worsened, his faithful wife is always by his side.
In fact, the woman spent Christmas with him in the clinic where he is hospitalized. And she wasn’t the only one to reach out to him. Vialli was also able to count on the emotional closeness of his mother Maria Teresa, his sister Mila, his brother Nino and his friend Massimo Mauro.
