Mols94 3,669 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Found this on yahoo answers however I don't have a link to the interview that officially appeared in the Italian football magazine so it could be a pile of shiteAn extract from an Italian Football magazine, with Marco Negri, about Rangers, and life with the RangersMarco Negri InterviewL.B. - Luigi Bruno (Interviewer)M.N. - Marco NegriL.B. - ' Marco, you left Rangers under very strange circumstances, why was that?'M.N.-' Strange? There was nothing strange in anything that happened there, they simply did not want me there any longer'.L.B.- 'Why was that?'M.N.- ' The honest answer is that I didn't know then and I still don't know even today. Nobody ever explained why I had fallen out of favour.'L.B.- ' Your goal record at Rangers was fantastic and when fit and available you were scoring for fun. I, and many others still do not understand why you left under a cloud'.M.N.- 'Let's just say you are getting very close to why I think that I was frozen out. Scotland is a very claustrophobic place where everything is examined and analyzed endlessly. Scottish society is in many ways a backward place'.L.B. - 'What do you mean by that?'M.N. - ' The culture, the underlying culture of Rangers was not good. The first team players had a habit of drinking vast amounts of alcohol during the week. As you know here in Italy we have a different culture as professional footballers. We know that it is our duty to keep ourselves fit and healthy. Some of the players there like Paul Gascoigne and Andy Goram would turn up smelling of drink BEFORE training!! I could not understand why such behaviour was tolerated by Walter Smith who was manager then'.L.B.- ' Marco we are well aware of Paul Gascoigne's problems and it is sad to see his decline, we saw it earlier at Lazio. Are you saying that the players were out of control?'M.N.- ' Absolutely, I tried to point this out to Walter Smith several times but he became very defensive and said that I needed to understand Scottish footballing culture. He would hear no criticism of Goram and especially Gascoigne who could literally do anything he wanted to and still get away with it! It wasn't just their drinking however, they had some really extreme political and religious views'.L.B.- ' Could you elaborate on this please?'.M.N. - ' Of course. They hated Catholics. All of them. I never understood why they were so filled with hatred. Several of us who were Catholic players and all foreigners were told upon arrival, never to bless ourselves at Ibrox as it could cause problems for us. I began to understand that Rangers was an extreme club very similar to Lazio here in Italy. You know, a right wing club with right wing supporters. I personally am not a practicing Catholic but my wife Anna Maria is, and it used to cause me pain when I heard what they said about my fellow Catholics. Lorenzo Amoruso and Jorg Albertz, just kept quiet and kept their heads down'L.B.- ' What finally brought things to a head?'M.N.- ' I was rapidly disillusioned by Rangers and especially their supporters. As part of my professional duties I was strongly encouraged to attend social functions which meant going to several Rangers supporters clubs. The last one I attended really brought home to me the fact that I had nothing in common with these people. The anti-Catholic feeling was venomous and the songs they sang that evening filled me with disgust. It was at that point I decided not to give my all for a club that condoned such behaviour. I went sick. Walter Smith knew the real reason for my 'illness' and he just ignored it. But I wasn't lying, I was sick, sick of Rangers and sick of what they stood for and that is the truth' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTP 221 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 What a lot of pish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Jela 20,364 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 It is a complete and utter pile of pish. He started pumping Vidmar's wife and got chucked out on his arse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviebrox 3 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 cockend wrtp Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imodium 411 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 This reeks of jobby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
broxibear87 129 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Laugh out loud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mols94 3,669 Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 I thought it was a bit suspect but thought I would post it anyway Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevelyan 44 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Feck off bheast OP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
julescotia 11,407 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 What a load of bollocks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madina 3,821 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Right wing like Lazio Lordy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 24,552 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 he got caught pumping sergio porrini's wife and got a thump to the eye for it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue corn flakes 1,282 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 some fucking fenian wrote that years ago. wise up and stop being so gullible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCLACHLAN1 49 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 did this interview happen or not? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTP 221 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 It is a complete and utter pile of pish. He started pumping Vidmar's wife and got chucked out on his arse.I heard it was Porrini's wife ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jack1690 793 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Load of papish pish.Amo & big Jorg just kept quiet & kept their heads down?Having watched the legends game last night, you could've fooled me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejeff 16 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I doubt very much that Amoruso and Albertz were being abused by the other playing staff because they were catholic , these 2 guys are Rangers legends .I think it's sour grapes from Negri Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVB 2,560 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 did this interview happen or not?No. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz52 11,837 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 This is worse than my Motherwell Stewards thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey_RFC 122 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Aye because an Italian interviewer would use the phrase "scoring for fun" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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