FIGC president Gabriele Gravina has denied that he played any role in AC Milan’s decision to end talks with Fabio Paratici over the vacant director position.
Paratici was expected to become the new Milan sporting director, but – barring any unexpected developments – he will not get the job. This is despite reports of a verbal agreement being reached between the ex-Juventus man and the club.
Milan knew about his ban and were apparently calm about the situation, but then things took a negative turn when they learned about his limited operability. There was even talks that some pressure from Italian football’s governing body, the FIGC, put CEO Giorgio Furlani off.
Gravina spoke to the media present at the Social Football Summit yesterday and – in addition to praising the work that Milan’s youth sector has done – he was asked about the Paratici speculation.
“I read that someone has linked my name to an idea of this type [that he put pressure on Milan not to hire him],” he said (via Calciomercato.com).
“Absolutely not, Milan or anyone can sign Paratici to a contract, who as is known cannot operate until July 2025. He cannot operate, but there is no rule that prohibits him from being signed.”
The fact that he has to deny is probably all the more to think it was true that there was pressure.
Marotta’s puppet denying he did Marotta’s bidding.
My first thought
Conspiracy theory.. Who is paratici? Is he the Lionel Messi of sporting director? No..
Milan knew about this ban and we’re calm about the situation. Baffling. Which interpretation of the word “ban” did they not understand? And they were hoping for what?
Maybe his ban was written in Aramaic and the meaning was lost in translation, that is why Milan were hoping the rules could be bent and he could start negotiating deals while being in court for “FRAUD”… A minor offence yeah? A bloody bunch of Harvard trained retards. Something we should be ashamed to.be associated with is what they are busy promoting in the media. If there was no “pressure” from the guys at the top, Milan would seriously have considered him?
No one expects them.to admit applying pressure so all these press releases and statements mean nothing.