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Monza owner Silvio Berlusconi reveals he has had “calls from over 100 people” begging him to keep his vulgar promise to give his players a “bus full of WH**ES” after they beat the football giants. Serie A, Juventus.
Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has revealed he has been inundated with calls about whether he will follow through on his promise to offer prostitutes to his Monza players after they beat Juventus on Sunday.
The controversial 86-year-old, who now owns Serie A club Monza, shockingly promised the players at his Christmas party last month a “bus full of whores” if they beat AC Milan or Juventus this season.
And the newly promoted team did, causing one of the biggest upsets of the Italian top-flight campaign so far by beating Max Allegri’s side 2-0 on their own patch.
Italy’s former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi (second right), promised last month to offer prostitutes to his Monza players if they beat AC Milan or Juventus in Serie A this season.
Monza did exactly that after beating Juve 2-0 on Sunday in one of the biggest upsets of this season.
Patrick Ciurria and Dany Mota Carvalho scored both goals in the win to leave Juventus languishing in 13th place, two places below Monza, following the club’s 15-point deduction following an investigation into the club’s transfer transactions .
Following the result, Berlusconi admitted that the issue of providing his players with sex workers as rewards has already been raised.
Speaking to La Repubblica, the former AC Milan owner said: “More than 100 people have already called me and they ask me to fulfill my commitment.”
Berlusconi revealed that he has already received “calls from more than 100 people” asking him to keep his promise
Monza’s social media team tried to downplay the situation by posting an image of a manager after their famous victory over Juventus on Sunday.
The Serie A club’s social media team posted a photo of a Monza bus after the result, mocking the situation.
The vulgar promise was made during his speech at the club’s official Christmas party, after he took the microphone, praising head coach Raffaele Palladino’s work before making the obscene promise that drew widespread laughter from the audience listening. .
Berlusconi said: “We found a new coach, who was in our youth team, he is good, intelligent, kind and able to stimulate (motivate) our boys.”
The 86-year-old media mogul and politician took over Monza in 2018 after 30 years as owner of Milan.
“I decided to add some extra encouragement, so I said to the guys: ‘they’re going to play Milan, Juventus, etc., so if they beat one of these great teams, I’ll welcome them in the dressing room with a bus full of people.’ . *is”.’
The media mogul’s speech was widely shared on social media and received widespread criticism.
Fellow Italian politician Daniela Sbrollini criticized the comments, stating that they were “Berlusconi’s usual misogynistic language: a bad joke that leaves you speechless.”
Berlusconi defended his comments as “just a wardrobe joke” and criticized his critics for their “total lack of humour” for attacking him “so gratuitously”.
Berlusconi is best known for his three reigns as Italy’s prime minister between 1994 and 1995, 2001 and 2006, and 2008 and 2011 as leader of the Forza Italia party. He, too, owned Italian giants AC Milan from 1986 to 2017 before taking charge of Monza in 2018.