FA to investigate Moratti claims Thursday 18 April, 2002
The Italian Football Federation are set to open an investigation after Inter President Massimo Moratti questioned the credibility of the League championship.
The Nerazzurri Chief made a number of statements on Thursday that seemed to insinuate that everything is not necessarily as it seems in the Serie A race.
"There are strange things happening at the moment," he said. "I hear that Juventus are set to buy Dario Hubner and Sunday they play against his Piacenza side. This seems very odd to me and the FIGC need to intervene."
He added: "Another thing that I’ve noted is that when Milan and Juventus meet in a season that Inter are fighting for the title, the result never seems to favour us. That occurred again last week.
"I know that Milan played well and gave their all but then they scored an own goal and Juventus won the game. Therefore I hope that Milan give their best against Roma on Sunday. After all it is in their interest. We’ll just wait and see what happens."
Moratti’s statement brought immediate reaction. Serie A top scorer Hubner denied that he was in talks with Juventus. And the Bianconeri also angrily rubbished the claims.
"They are insulting insinuations," blasted Juve President Vittorio Chiusano. "And totally unacceptable."
Chiusano and club directors Luciano Moggi and Antonio Giraudo are also believed to have telephoned Moratti to deny that they have made any contact for the Piacenza striker.
Meanwhile, the FIGC released a statement in which they asked to talk to "President Massimo Moratti as soon as possible in order to clarify which irregularities he believes have occurred surrounding the issues he raised."
The Italian Football Federation are set to open an investigation after Inter President Massimo Moratti questioned the credibility of the League championship.
The Nerazzurri Chief made a number of statements on Thursday that seemed to insinuate that everything is not necessarily as it seems in the Serie A race.
"There are strange things happening at the moment," he said. "I hear that Juventus are set to buy Dario Hubner and Sunday they play against his Piacenza side. This seems very odd to me and the FIGC need to intervene."
He added: "Another thing that I’ve noted is that when Milan and Juventus meet in a season that Inter are fighting for the title, the result never seems to favour us. That occurred again last week.
"I know that Milan played well and gave their all but then they scored an own goal and Juventus won the game. Therefore I hope that Milan give their best against Roma on Sunday. After all it is in their interest. We’ll just wait and see what happens."
Moratti’s statement brought immediate reaction. Serie A top scorer Hubner denied that he was in talks with Juventus. And the Bianconeri also angrily rubbished the claims.
"They are insulting insinuations," blasted Juve President Vittorio Chiusano. "And totally unacceptable."
Chiusano and club directors Luciano Moggi and Antonio Giraudo are also believed to have telephoned Moratti to deny that they have made any contact for the Piacenza striker.
Meanwhile, the FIGC released a statement in which they asked to talk to "President Massimo Moratti as soon as possible in order to clarify which irregularities he believes have occurred surrounding the issues he raised."