Power, corruption and Sven – Cragnotti’s Lazio

Jimbo, James Horncastle and Gab Marcotti are back to discuss a man whose motto was ‘spend more than you earn.’

Sergio Cragnotti was seen as a man from the future, with very few knowing where he got his money from. But as president of Lazio, he ploughed record amounts of cash towards the pursuit of silverware. And he forced Roma fans to boycott milk.

Cragnotti’s reign began in jail and ended…in jail

He put together one of the most expensively assembled squads in history and then stole Sven-Goran Eriksson from under Blackburn’s noses and charged him with securing the title.

We also analyse the latest action in Serie A, where Inter are the form team with six wins in a row. But Luciano Spalletti is still miserable.

RUNNING ORDER:

• PART 1: Sven’s off to the Philippines and we’re off to Jollibees (01m 00s)

• PART 2a: Sergio Cragnotti arrives at Lazio amid political turmoil in Italy (03m 00s)

• PART 2b: Sergio starts to spend, bringing in the big guns (09m 20s)

• PART 3a: Christian Vieri causes a cappuccino strike in Rome (15m 00s)

• PART 3b: Sven snubs Lancashire for Lazio (18m 35s)

• PART 4a: Lazio’s squad in 1999/2000 (21m 30s)

• PART 4b: Sven’s previous failed title bids – the successful loser? (23m 20s)

• PART 4c: Sven’s success at Lazio (26m 00s)

• PART 4d: Cragnotti’s chickens immediately come home to roost (29m 10s)

• PART 5: Serie A review – Inter on fire and Gattuso hanging on (33m 00s)

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