Urbano Cairo and the sale of Torino: “That’s when I will sell”

“I took the Torino 19 years ago when it was going bankrupt, but I don’t want to stay for life. I would like that when I decide to sell there is someone richer and better than me, then I will step aside. There’s no doubt about this, I don’t want to stay at all costs.” This was said by the president of RCS and Torino Urbano Cairo at the RCS ‘Sport Industry Talk’ event at Maxxi in Rome.

“Then the mayor of Turin called me Chiamparinohe was worried about how the situation of Toro, which was going bankrupt, would evolve – Cairo explained on stage -. I answered the call also because I had a very supportive mother who pushed me and lost her mind. It gave me the push, because I was aware of the problems that could exist. We immediately did very well, then ups and downs, in the last 13 years we have been permanently in Serie A but it is clear that we can do better“.

Cairo and the possible sale of Torino

The speech of president of Turin it was broad and touched on different aspects of today’s football. Among these, Atalanta’s path is a sensational one sliding door: “Since theAtalanta achieves these results, everyone thinks why it can’t be done better. Atalanta has the X factor, which is Gasperini. I was about to sign him in 2015, I called him but he still had the contract with Genoa and they wouldn’t let him come. I’ve been here for 19 years, I don’t want to stay forever, there’s bound to be a change of hand at some point. Twenty-year-olds finish.” The punchline was on foreign ownership: “Let’s not generalize. The Elliott fund has done well, Commisso in Florence is also doing a good job. It’s not easy, having a lot of money is not enough to achieve results. Italian football has attracted foreign ownership because prices are competitive compared to abroad. Coming to Italy is worthwhile, the price of Italian companies is still very accessible.”