cenotaph 34 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Marco Negri the interview the truth about glasgow rangers has anything changed?An 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'Firstly he says " they simply did not want me any more "then goes on to say " It was at that point I decided not to give my all " " I went sick "This lad had the potential to become a Rangers great, a legend maybe. I think our Marco has been on the funny fags myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,286 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coplandbear11 1,087 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Fuckin wanker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconicman 8 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Source?I smell a bheast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM6 279 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Great goalscorer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsonRFC82 305 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Pretty sure has been pointed out before that this is a hoax interview. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Source?I smell a bheast. They trot this out now and again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,592 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Odd post from a Rangers supporter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,729 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 This has been debunked before, it is a hoax written by a scum fan. There are no sources for it except football forums.My money is on cenotaph knowing this. My money is on cenotaph being a scum fan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian 4,281 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 All the other catholics never had a problem.So he's talking shite.That is all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossRFC1 40 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Isn't this an old interview and was proven to be a fake? May be wrong though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenotaph 34 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Source?I smell a bheast.I was personally at the game where he got the 5 goals against Dundee United so get over yourself!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treble99 64 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Cenotaph - LIAR ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVB 2,560 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Pretty sure has been pointed out before that this is a hoax interview.Several times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemdale1873 167 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 That interview is a fake it was posted on some Celtic forum a few week back, even they knew it was made up the op who posted it at the time could not provide any links or proof.Nergi never said anything of the sort, joe the mental taxi driver strikes again... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenotaph 34 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 This has been debunked before, it is a hoax written by a scum fan. There are no sources for it except football forums.My money is on cenotaph knowing this. My money is on cenotaph being a scum fan.You would lose your money there then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnberry18 3,204 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Some of that is interesting; if it is a real interview. Was Gascogine allowed carte blanche to act any old way he pleased? The proof is in the pudding on that one. And is Scotland a 'claustrophobic' place where everything is analysed?: ask people like Le Guen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC55 107,754 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 You lot are fucking obsessed by us! Do you not have an asterix title to celebrate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
broxibear87 129 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Hoax interview, it was proved so years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skelf 1,153 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Where is this from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,729 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Incidentally, did anyone else find this supposedly legitimate article just as implausible?http://www.<No links to this website>/football/spl/rangers/2010/12/28/i-d-love-to-see-kenny-miller-beat-my-rangers-goal-tally-says-ex-obrox-hitman-marco-negri-86908-22811436/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky_ 893 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Delete this thread and ban op, simples. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenotaph 34 Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Hoax interview, it was proved so years ago.If its a hoax then I apologise.For those who want to label me a " bheast " etc then I will happily meet any one of you at the next home game to dispel your daft theories Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,729 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 You would lose your money there then!Ok then, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Will you tell us where you found this interview? And if you've just found it on a football forum, will you hold your hands up and admit you're a Rangers fan who has just been duped and ask an admin to delete the thread? And if you won't do that, will you kindly piss off? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skelf 1,153 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 You would lose your money there then!Give us a link then ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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