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Former Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi wants to build a house in Malta, a new interview with the disgraced football official has revealed.
Handed a life ban by the Italian football federation and sentenced to prison for his role in calciopoli, Mr Moggi said he was speaking to his architects and builders with a view to building a house in Malta.
In comments to the Italiani a Malta community website at L'Altro Orso restaurant, Mr Moggi also speaks about Chelsea FC manager Jose Mourinho who was sacked last Thursday. Asked who he would pick as the most charming coach, he sarcastically names Zdenek Zeman, the coach who repeatedly alleged wrongdoing at Juventus.
Mr Moggi drew universal condemnation for his purported underhand manoeuvres in trying to gain an unfair advantage for Juventus by influencing referee selectors, charges he strenuously denies.
Italy's Court of Cassation declared last September that Mr Moggi was at the centre of the 2006 calciopoli scandal.
Mr Moggi was initially sentenced to five years and four months in prison, reduced to two years and four months on appeal and then cancelled completely in March when the charges were dropped, even though he was not...