Milan, Galliani’s ‘bet’ with Montella and Berlusconi’s intuition: “Lapadula is here thanks to him”

A hard fought victory for Milan against Crotone has placed them in second place as they wait to see how their next opponent, Roma, does in the derby. The vice president of Milan, Adriano Galliani, spoke to Milan TV after the match: “32 points in fifteen matches is a great accomplishment. Now we watch the Rome derby in order to see if we will be in second place alone or with Roma. Today it was important to get the three points. I have a bet with Montella: if we win on Sunday, then Montella will have to pay up. If we tie, I will. A defeat? We will not even consider that.”

“Berlusconi deserves all the credit for the acquisition of Lapadula. He was at the clinic, and called me saying that we had to immediately purchase him. I called the president of Pescara, and we closed the deal in a few minutes. He asked for a certain fee, and I immediately said ‘okay.’ He scored 55 goals for Teramo and Pescara. We were certain he could also score many goals in Serie A. When I first called him, I told him about our interest and he immediately said yes.”