“When he brought me on board, I said to him: ‘You’re either crazy or a genius,’” Sacchi said on Monday in remembering his “brilliant friend”. Parma beating Milan over two legs in a 1987 Coppa Italia tie made Berlusconi’s decision for him. Sacchi, with no playing career behind him, was chosen after making the previous backwater of Parma a growing force.
That last December he was filmed promising Monza players “now you will play Milan, Juventus, if you win against one of these top teams, I’ll bring a bus of whores into the locker room” suggested the “bunga bunga” stylings that made him globally notorious had not dimmed.įootball established Berlusconi’s worldwide reputation, as the media tycoon who bought an ailing Milan in 1986 and, in choosing Arrigo Sacchi as his coach, soon established a dynasty. Even as his health and political horizons dwindled, his money and influence helped to make Monza a Serie A club for the first time. Still, there are few questions against Berlusconi being a football man.
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