Inter president given three-month ban
Reuters - Saturday 10 July 2010, 09:11
MILAN - Inter Milan President Massimo
Moratti has been banned from running the club for three months
for discussing a transfer deal with suspended Genoa owner
Enrico Preziosi.
The Italian football federation said in a statement late on
Friday that Moratti had been punished for talking to Preziosi
over last year's purchases of Diego Milito and Thiago Motta
despite the Genoa owner being banned from representing his
club.
Preziosi was given another six-month sanction on top of the
multiple extra suspensions he has racked up for running the
club despite a five-year ban for irregularities at previous
side Como.
The big-spending Genoa owner has largely ignored the bans
and carried on his business knowing the federation would
struggle to enforce the suspension and the only further
punishment he would receive would be extended bans.
The situation is likely to be the same with Moratti, who
can delegate some responsibilities to deputies but remains the
de facto club president given the federation can do little to
limit his private activity.
Champions League winners Inter, who also won a domestic
double last term when Jose Mourinho was coach, have yet to make
any new buys under new boss Rafael Benitez but Ricardo Quaresma
has been sold to Besiktas ahead of the Serie A season starting
on August 28.
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