ROME — A letter from the big 4. Firm in tone, to establish the positions of a minority – but heavy and noisy – of the A league on the eve of the meeting with the Minister Abodi on the reform of the economic control system of professional clubs.
Inter, Juventus, Milan And Rome they sent to the president of the Football League Lorenzo Casini an informal letter – not a certified e-mail, so to speak – to ask for “no leaks forward” in the meeting with the minister Andrea Abodi. In fact, in the meeting of the Serie A clubs, many teams placed a strong focus on the concept of autonomy.
Everyone against Abodi. The minister negotiates, Fifa and UEFA ready to intervene
by Matteo Pinci
07 May 2024
The fear of the big 4 was that at the table with Abodi positions could emerge that could be interpreted as an openness to nationalizing other pieces of sporting autonomy. Starting with sports justice. The only objective, the 4 pointed out, is to foil the government’s “coup” on club controls. Noting to specify, when exposing the famous plan voted by Serie A for the reforms, that that text represents only 16 clubs. And therefore the representativeness regarding that document is limited to 4pm and does not represent those who did not vote for it, namely Juve, Inter, Milan and Roma. This is not a letter of no confidence in President Casini, but a way to limit his representativeness. And on this the more than direct manner of the letter leaves no room for interpretation.
