Former Juventus General Manager Luciano Moggi believes that Juventus didn’t steal from anyone, but ‘perhaps, it’s the other way around.’ The 85-year-old was speaking at a meeting of Juventus’ minority shareholders yesterday and as a shareholder himself, was given the opportunity to speak to attendees. Moggi was famously part of the Bianconeri’s ‘triad’ whiich was implicated in the 2006 Calciopoli scandal that rocked Italian football.
Speaking at the event, the former GM explained his reasons for attending while thanking former club president Andrea Agnelli who is set to stand down from his role:
“I came here for three reasons. I don’t take too much consideration to what is written in the papers as it is all catastrophizing. I am here because I want to thank Agnelli as it’s not easy to win nine Serie A titles in a row.
These things are difficult to realise and only those inside know how difficult it is, especially in a club that never knew how to defend itself or was unable to do it, and because of this, it became a toy in the hands of the media.
It is said that Juventus win because we cheat, but it’s not true because Juventus have always won on the pitch, stealing nothing from anybody.
Perhaps, it’s the other way around. Others have stolen from us. Like in 2001, when Roma stole a Scudetto from us. That year the president of the Italian National Olympic Committee changed the rules halfway through the season, allowing Nakata to play in Turin, winning the game for them and effectively winning the league title.
A team manager sang ‘Fratelli d’Italia’ but then falsified Alvaro Recoba’s passport. I am still fighting for Calciopoli, we have been identified as guilty for things others did. Dear president, I want to give you a USB flash drive where you can hear Federal President Carraro say: ‘Fiorentina and Lazio should not be relegated’ and before a game against Milan in 2004 say: ‘Do not help Juventus.’
If they’ve reopened the case for capital gains, then they should do the same with Calciopoli because it is still an open wound for everyone at Juventus.”
