“There are two matches that give me particular sensations because I believe in tradition: Juve always plays good matches in Milan, I think a good match could come out and Juve might not even believe; same thing in Naples: Ranieri is in Rome and regardless of him I am convinced that the Giallorossi can achieve a positive result against Maradona because if we look at the results between Naples and Rome, Napoli wins in Rome and vice versa”. Thus to TuttoMercatoWeb.com the former Juventus general manager, Luciano Moggi.
After the victory against Real Madrid Fonseca declared that playing against the Spaniards was easier than against Cagliari. In this sense, how do you see Milan-Juve?
“Fonseca talks bullshit. He has a team that works well if it doesn’t have particular markings. When Leao works then everything works, but if he is marked and doesn’t see the ball Milan are out. These are things dictated by experience. Real Madrid let you play and do your best. When you have to break through a defense that is entrenched it is more difficult.”
Where do you see Vlahovic in January?
“He’s in Turin, where does he have to go? There is a high salary involved, no one can pay it. He’s a prisoner of a salary, who gives him 12 million? I don’t know how he’s going to leave until his contract ends. He always scores a lot of goals but in a particular way: two-three in a match and then zero for a long time. He will leave when his contract expires.”
Genoa sacked Gilardino to rely on Vieira.
“I have doubts about the Americans about Genoa. They come here wanting to teach us football. First they sell him Retegui and Gudmundsson, then also the goalkeeper who is Sommer’s natural replacement at Inter and then they sack Gilardino. When Genoa were at full strength they annoyed everyone.”
Vieira had broken up with Balotelli at Nice…
“It’s all a contradiction. Italy is in the hands of anyone who comes and says they have money.”
Serie B: Pippo Inzaghi’s Pisa runs…
“Pisa is a good team and has managers who know what they’re doing. The difference in companies is made by the managers and there are people who know how to do their job. Pisa has been trying for several years, this could be the good year. A city like Pisa deserves the A. Pippo is strong and an excellent coach, someone who says what he thinks. But the quality of the game leaves no doubt. He knew how to score crazy goals when he was with me, he will teach his team to do what he knew how to do as a player.”
Palermo is struggling. And Brunori doesn’t play. Can the rosanero do without the captain?
“Brunori in Palermo was the one who scored the most goals of all. Strange that you don’t play. The square deserves more. De Sanctis has experience as a director, we need to see what they make available to him: the ability of a manager also depends on what the club gives and how it uses the resources, if he doesn’t know how to do that either, that’s another matter. But it’s difficult to judge. Brunori is certainly an important player and age is still on his side. It may be that there is no feeling with the coach. The club will have to be good at understanding who the reason is, whether it’s the player’s or the manager’s. If the team doesn’t go well and if Brunori doesn’t play at the behest of the coach, you either agree with the coach or fire him because he doesn’t know how to put the players on the field. This is what you do, without talking much.”
Director, what does your synergy with Fedez consist of for the King’s League?
“A football that comes out differently. On a fun level. They looked for me. We’ll see, it’s certainly a spectacle: they fill the stadiums. I don’t know what I will do but I will certainly give my best. In Italy we don’t have the experience that we have in Spain where it is already well organised”.