Villan4Life Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4582876/Simone-Farina-all-fixed-up-with-Villa.html ASTON VILLA boss Paul Lambert has signed the ‘untouchable’ of Italian football — as a community coach. Serie B defender Simone Farina became a national hero after exposing a huge match-fixing scandal last December. Farina was virtually unknown and playing for Gubbio when a former Roma team-mate offered him £160,000 — twice his annual salary — to throw an Italian Cup tie against Cesena. But he was likened to legendary American cop Eliot Ness, who led an incorruptible team of agents dubbed The Untouchables, as he stood up to the match-fixers. Thanks to his revelations, 17 people were arrested last December. Farina, 30, became a hero in Italy and received an award from FIFA chief Sepp Blatter. Now Lambert is set to transform Italy’s Mr Clean into a Villan! He has offered Farina the opportunity to coach Villa’s kids and set a good example to them as they come through the ranks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Thought we had signed him in the summer if I'm honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Wonder what his brief is ? Sort out the local community ? The Burger Bar Boys etc ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Thought there was a thread about this guy already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Damn, it's not a woman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 lol that sounds like the easiest job in the world, 'community coach'. Far play to the bloke, he really is cashing in on his success after having a pretty non-descript playing career (although £80k a year to play in the 3/4th tier of Italian football isn't a bad set up at all). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 The Sun ran this story in August - and about 3 threads on Villatalk were started up. Now the Sun are running it again. What's going on? have they run out of sports news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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