FOOTBALL Now president of the Monza club in Serie A, Silvio Berlusconi has once again distinguished himself in a sulphurous way
Silvio Berlusconi, here last October in Rome. — Fabrizio Corradetti/LiveMedia/Shutterstock/SIPA
And here it is! the 3,769th career escapade of Silvio Berlusconi’s career, just in his role as president of football clubs. Now at Monza in Serie A, the sulphurous 86-year-old character swung; particularly shocking remarks, and recorded in a video broadcast on a loop this Wednesday by the Italian media. The former Prime Minister and current president of the Forza Italia party spoke at the club’s Christmas dinner Tuesday evening, according to the Italian agency Ansa.
Microphone to hand, Silvio Berlusconi was particularly delighted to have chosen a new coach in September “good, sympathetic, kind and capable of motivating our players” Then it’s there; that the iconic former manager of AC Milan has gone off the rails in large widths.
Me, I added extra motivation, because I told the players: Juventus and AC Milan are coming now. And if you win against one of those great teams, I’ll bring you a hooker bus to the locker room.”
All under the laughter of the assembly, of course. The Gazzetta dello Sport regretted; an “unfortunate exit”. La Repubblica noted that this extract has not been diffused on Berlusconi’s Twitter account, where he posted videos of this evening with the players, club officials and sponsors. The Monza club has confirmed that a delegation of players participated; to this dinner but made no comment on the boss’s polemical remarks.
The former Prime Minister remains associated with in Italy but also in; Abroad at “Rubygate”, an affair of libertine parties organized by Silvio Berlusconi with young girls who are sometimes minors. It has been acquitted of prostitution as a minor, but remains on trial for tampering with a witness in this case. The Monza club, acquired in 2018 by the former president of AC Milan, is playing the very first season in its history in Serie A. The Lombard club is currently 14th, after a difficult start and a change of direction. ;coaching in September.