Massimo Moratti: "I secretly bought Cagliari to stop Gigi Riva from joining Juventus. In the past they offered me Napoli, but I turned it down because I had Inter"
Goal | 03.09.2026 10:22
Massimo Moratti, former Inter president, has recalled how the family company Saras joined the group of businessmen who took over Cagliari, leading the Sardinian club to the Serie A title in 1970, to stop Juventus signing Gigi Riva: "My father did not want Juventus to sign Gigi Riva, whom they had practically bought," he told Il Mattino. "So we, whose hearts were in Sardinia, bought the club in secret within a few days. And Riva did not go to Juventus."
