“I would be careful about the Federation-League dispute, I have a splendid relationship with many presidents. Then there are individuals who think they can manage the world of football as they please. I am referring to Lotito and Lotitism”: the president of the FIGC said it Gabriele Gravina at the ‘Il Foglio’ event in San Siro.
“When it comes to autonomy – explains – we need to understand how it is possible that in Italy some people are part of the Federal Council, of the Lega Serie A assembly, and are senators, members of the finance commission, owners of teams… we talk about autonomy but it is a principle linked to respect “.
“Pure hostility and broken resentment towards me”: so Claudio Lotitoin a note to the news agency, responds to the harsh attack of the president of FigcGabriel Gravina. The president of Lazio and senator of Forza Italia Law “I was amazed by Mr. Gravina’s statements about me” and ties them “in order to defend himself from the responsibilities regarding the current state of football in Italy that everyone attributes to him”. “I read with amazement Mr. Gravina’s statements about me – is the full text of the note –, which speak for themselves: clear manifestations of pure hostility and broken resentment towards me, in order to defend themselves from the responsibilities regarding the current state of football in Italy that everyone attributes to them. His personal relationships with some presidents do not exclude the discomfort and confusion that today reigns in the football system, shared by all operators who seek, despite the obstacles posed by Mr. Gravina, to renew the rules”. “My position. continues Lotito – as club owner, federal councilor, League councilor and member of the Senate, roles also acquired with regular and democratic elections, allows me to have a broader and more complete vision of the problems and possible solutions to eliminate the faults produced. The world of football does not ask for isolation, but requires a broad vision of its various components, to which my institutional roles, given the important and high value of football, give me the opportunity to offer an effective contribution, bringing it out of a autonomy, erroneously understood as ‘personal grand duchy'”.
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