Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini is facing disciplinary action after being reported to the Italian football federation (FIGC) for “harming the reputation” of Fifa president Sepp Blatter as well as Uefa chief Michel Platini.
Zamparini, a straight-talking owner of the club known for regularly sacking unsuccessful coaches, hit out at both presidents last week when he said both “need a kick up the arse”.
Zamparini initially reacted to Blatter’s criticism over a 50,000 euro fine handed to Roma after fans subjected AC Milan players to racist abuse in a match last week.
Blatter said in a post on his Twitter account: “Small fines for racist abuse unacceptable. People will always find money.”
In an interview last week with Radio Kiss Kiss, which was widely reported in the Italian press, Zamparini labelled Blatter a racist.
“When we (Italy) won the World Cup, he didn’t want to give us the award. What do you call someone who hates Italians? He is the racist,” Zamparini said.