Sep 24 2008
The Mafia Can’t Touch Me – Zamparini
Explosive Palermo President Maurizio Zamparini has stressed that his club is completely clean from any association to the Mafia, and has boasted that any such crime organizations cannot touch the Rosanero while he is in control.
The city of Palermo, as the capital of Sicily, has always had its inevitable links to the Mafia, with the Italian island widely regarded as the birthplace of the Cosa Nostra.
Recently an investigation was carried out which claimed that two figures related to Palermo Football Club had links to a Mafia organisation that was trying to get their hands on affairs related to the new stadium, and a shopping mall to be built in the same area.
The findings showed that the club is clean, and Zamparini has boasted that there is no chance of the Mafia ever infiltrating any of his club’s activities.
“Both I and all my staff have always operated with full transparency,” Zamparini told Mediagol.it.
“I am pleased that this investigation of the magistrates clearly reveals that Palermo Football Club is clean, and is managed by good people.
“With the exception of what happened to Rino Foschi, something which caused me great sorrow, there have been no other attempts at intimidation against my people because I know, and they know, that if it happened again, a minute later I would be gone from Palermo.”
Zamparini was referring to an infamous incident involving Foschi two years ago when the former Palermo sporting director received a, Godfather-style, severed goat’s head in the post, from the Mafia, as a warning after a poor run of results.
The Mafia Can’t Touch Me – Zamparini – 24/09/2008 18:00 – Anthony Sormani – This story was found at: http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=879996
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