Daily Mail last year when putting forward proposals to revolutionise European football. However, that does not mean that De Laurentiis has always been complimentary of the country and its people.
In fact – you’ll be surprised to hear – he’s actually said some extremely bizarre comments about them. When discussing the possibility of Napoli’s star players, Lavezzi and Marek Hamsik, leaving for the Premier League, De Laurentiis went off on a very strange tangent, accusing English women of not washing their vaginas.He said: "If they want to go to England then in the end they're going to go, but they need to understand this: the English live badly, eat badly and their women do not wash their genitalia.
To them, a bidet is a mystery."Lionel Messi is unquestionably one of the greatest players to ever grace our sport. But that doesn’t mean the former Barcelona playmaker is safe from De Laurentiis’ acid tongue.
Far from it.Back in July 2011 he laid into Messi for having the cheek of wanting to represent his club in the Copa America. De Laurentiis was opposed to the tournament, believing it should be restricted to youth players, after then Napoli striker Edinson Cavani picked up an injury while on international duty with Uruguay."If I were Messi I would say I am not coming," De Laurentiis told Sky Sport Italia. "Take me to court, ban me, but I am not coming to disgrace myself because I am great player.
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