TMW
“Few believe in sporting justice, and some do not have the necessary trust in Covisoc’s behavior, unfortunately.” To say it is Giovanni Branchini, historic agent, during his interview with TMW. “The leaders of the Federation have always been aware of the doubts regarding those structures and have always committed, in words, to improving things, but we live in a reality in which all energies are absorbed by internal quarrels. There is no no effort, at all, of self-regulation, of cleanliness, of control. So you have to justify what normally, in an idealistically functioning world, sport must have autonomy, but also the honesty of investing in control, in compliance with current regulations. We agents have been denouncing for fifteen years how young footballers’ proxies are bought and no one lifts a finger despite this representing a clear infringement of the rules.
“We all hope that someone will raid FIFA and force it to do its duty, then do the same with UEFA. They would have the power, the structures and the economic means to manage and regulate our world but they are too worried about organizing events , produce income and maintain the seat, it would be a scandal if a higher body decided to do so…”.
But isn’t there a risk that FIFA and UEFA will exclude Italian teams?
“We are all convinced that in the end there will be a Super League or something similar. If those who decide today have not yet understood that they are going in the wrong direction, we will reach a point in which the clubs will inevitably do something private, they will self-regulate and they will manage their universe independently.”