“We each had a knife to our throats”

Giovanni Becali (72) made some incredible revelations about how he managed to leave the country before 1989.

The well-known football impresario had a tumultuous life and his stories are truly insightful. Giovanni Becali told how he was close to death when he wanted to cross the border to Serbia with the help of paid guides.

Giovanni Becali, incredible revelations about how he left the country before 1989

John Becali is a well-known name in Romanian football, being the manager of some famous footballers. Entering the market immediately after the 1989 revolution, Giovanni Becali had a controversial past, being sentenced to 6 years and 4 months in prison in the “Transfer File”. Becali revealed what happened in his youth and how he managed to reach Naples.

“I’ve been away since I was young, I’ve been through a lot, with the border, with Naples, with life, until I found this street. You know I’ve had other streets in my life. With rubber, with wheel. Yes, it was a tractor tire inflated right by the guide.

The first time the guide welcomed us. It cost us 30,000 lei each. He bought us a Stradivarius violin. Which, indeed, was fake, but I dreamed of getting a billion pounds on it. When a police captain broke it in my head in Reșita, in the prison cell. Because the guide welcomed us. They were guides who made a lot of money during Ceaușescu’s time. Guides at the border, to cross the border. Many died there, many are buried. You will see from there…

But these guides, a series passed it, a series gave it. And we fell in that series when it was supposed to give us. But the second time we wanted to go through, we each had a knife at their throats. I didn’t give him 30 thousand anymore, I gave him 15. He took us well, we went beyond. There a boy of a Serbian consul was waiting for us. We went to Belgrade, took a train to Zagreb, where we were caught,” Giovanni Becali told “Ovidiu’s friends”.

Giovanni Becali reacted after the transfer of Dennis Man to Borussia Dortmund was circulated

Giovanni Becali spoke with ProSport about the potential Dennis Man’s transfer to Borussia Dortmund. Man was named Serie A player of the month for August and rumors of a move for the Parma man to the Bundesliga giants have intensified. Giovanni Becali said that the rumors are not true, and for now we have to wait for the winter transfer window.

“They are pure inventions. Get busy. Dennis Man plays for Parma, plays in the championship. We are far from the time when it will be calcio mercato. Near the calcio mercato, there is still talk, but now we have really become jokes. Hang up here and believe me,” Giovanni Becali exclusively told ProSport.