And here is the 3,769th escapade of Silvio Berlusconi’s career, just in his role as president of football clubs. Now in Monza in Serie A, the sulphurous 86-year-old character made particularly shocking remarks, and recorded in a video broadcast on a loop this Wednesday by the Italian media. The former prime minister and current chairman of the Forza Italia party spoke at the club’s Christmas dinner on Tuesday evening, according to Italian news agency Ansa.
Microphone in hand, Silvio Berlusconi was particularly pleased to have chosen in September a new coach “good, friendly, kind and capable of motivating our players”. Then it is there that the former emblematic leader of AC Milan slipped in the great widths.
Me, I added additional motivation, because I said to the players: Juventus and AC Milan are coming now. And if you win against one of these great teams, I’ll bring you a hooker bus to the locker room. »
Berlusconi bought the Monza club in 2018
All under the laughter of the assembly, of course. The Gazzetta dello Sport regretted an “unfortunate exit”. La Repubblica noticed that this excerpt was not published on Berlusconi’s Twitter account, where he posted videos of this evening with players, club officials and sponsors. The Monza club confirmed that a delegation of players took part in this dinner but did not comment on the boss’s controversial remarks.
The former Prime Minister remains associated in Italy but also abroad with “Rubygate”, a matter of libertine parties organized by Silvio Berlusconi with young girls who are sometimes minors. He was acquitted of underage prostitution, but remains on trial for witness tampering in that case. The Monza club, bought in 2018 by the ex-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 coach in september.