A nightmare that lasted exactly ten years. From 1 June 2011, when the name of Giuseppe Signori was the most illustrious of the many arrested for an investigation, called ‘Last Bet’, linked to an alleged round of betting in football, until 1 June 2021, the day of the sighed grazia signed by the president of the FIGC Gabriele Gravina.
In between two weeks of House arrest, in that late spring of 2011, the expulsion from football and a series of trials, the last in February and March, which ended with as many acquittals.
Giuseppe Signori was reborn at 53 and the day after provision of the Figc could not hold back the emotion in a long interview with the ‘Corriere dello Sport’ in which the three-time Serie A top scorer also admitted that he had also thought about extreme gestures.
“Ten years have passed, precise precise. On 1 June 2011 they accompanied me to the police headquarters in Bologna, on 1 June 2021 it was all over. Grace after two full acquittals. Neither handcuffs nor cage, thank God. I was under house arrest for fourteen days and that’s it. They spared me jail. But isn’t saving the jail time for the boss of bosses a guilty incongruity? A story that was born badly, mine “.
Gentlemen then denounces the media nature of the investigation: “I was above all the face of the investigation. In 2011 there was nothing. There were no World Cups, no Europeans. A fairly well-known name in Italy and in the world that was not registered. There were all the conditions to transform myself from a mind, financier and gambler into a face to show to the public. Meat for slaughter. I have acquired the wiretapping, in 70 thousand registrations my name never comes out … I am not there “.
The former striker of the National he then revealed that he had had serious health problems: “There are many damages that this story has caused me. Huge scars. Two years ago I had a thrombus in my calf that pierced my lung. I found myself at Sant’Orsola lying down, intubated, because I was about to die. Obviously, several factors contributed to the thrombus, but the investigation helped to weaken me, in short, I somatised it. Too many cigarettes did the rest. I had some very big moments of despair, especially at the beginning. I’m not saying that I thought about extreme gestures… Or rather, I thought about it, but I never considered ending it all. There were the children, my wife, the closest friends who were close to me, some of whom passed away, my family, my sister ”.
Now we start again. Maybe from that card from coach obtained shortly before the storm… “It is already a victory to review the number of the coach’s card obtained in 2010, a few months before the arrest. I wanted to be a coach. I couldn’t see myself behind a desk. Today I would like to get back on the game, I make the joke: I would like to bet on myself “.
OMNISPORT | 02-06-2021 09:30
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