Monday, 27th October, 2014
Sampdoria president Massimo Ferrero has apologised for his remark about Inter Milan's Indonesian owner Erick Thohir, after the resignation of the club's honorary president Massimo Morratti.
Morratti, who was the club's president for 18 years before Thohir took over, recently resigned from his post as the honorary president of the club.
Describing his feelings for the outgoing president, Ferrero insisted that he was sad for Morratti and felt that the 69-year-old should have kicked "that Filipino" out.
However, backtracking from his earlier comments, Ferrero stated that he did not intend to disrespect Thohir, but was trying to praise Moratti for all that he had given to the club.
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"I had told him: kick out that Filipino", Ferrero had earlier been quoted as saying by the BBC.
But he later corrected his statement by saying that he "did not mean to disrespect Mr Thohir.
"I was trying to praise Massimo Moratti and all he has given to Inter and Italian football for 20 years."
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