«Football has received little from the state. We are not good at lobbying»- Corriere.it

“This is a special moment for Italian football. We’ve been veterans of many complicated years. But the fact that football, which contributes 70% of the tax revenues of all Italian sport, has received very little from the state is a disappointment. Not having as much attention to football as we had for the world of cinema is a bad thing. We’re probably not that good at lobbying. A little extra attention wouldn’t hurt.”. She said it Urban Cairopresident of Torino and Rcs MediaGroup, on the sidelines of the Agency’s meeting Italpress with the world of sport, in the new headquarters in Milan.

Speaking instead of the problems that have emerged in the last few hours and which concern the Juventusthe Turin number one added: «There is an investigation still underway on which I do not want to comment because I am not aware of the details, but if Juve did these things, it means that someone did them with them. I think we have to look at things quite deeply».

Cairo also talks about Qatar 2022: «Italy is missing a lot from the World Cup. Going from riding the European Championship to not qualifying for the World Cup was a cold shower. We were a bit unlucky at the European Championship and very unlucky for the World Cup. Let’s think about the next one and about the things that are needed to give football a boost, focusing on young people and academies, also having greater obligations in fielding Italian players”. In this sense, the president of Turin says that that of second team «it’s a nice idea. We have to try to work on it because it could be a good solution. A second team for Toro? I already thought about it four years ago, but then my collaborators advised me against it, but I want to think again”.

In Qatar there is also a bit of Turin: there Cairo sent Davide Vagnati, sporting director of the grenade: «Vagnati spent a week in Qatar. He has seen about fifteen games, he has to make me a report to see if there are talents to take. I’ve seen a few matches and it seems to me an interesting World Cup». On the favorites for the final victory: «I’ve seen France very well, also Brazil and Argentina which is the national team I’m rooting for, since I have relatives».