Overview
- Adriano Galliani has lodged an urgent ricorso at the Tribunale Federale Nazionale asking for suspension of the ad hoc commission that commissioner Giovanni Malagò created to verify FIGC candidatures.
- Galliani’s filing contends the commission is not provided for by FIGC statutes and creates a conflict of interest because it will assess the admissibility of the commissioner-turned-candidate.
- A contested endorsement from Genoa CFC — first signed by CEO Blazquez and later revoked by owner Sucu via PEC — sits at the center of the dispute and could be decisive for Malagò’s minimum sponsorship threshold.
- The TFN will consider the suspension request with urgency and a decision could produce follow-on appeals to the Collegio di Garanzia dello Sport, a sequence that risks extending the review past the December 14 vote window.
- The case highlights deep institutional splits in Italian football, with Galliani backed by the players’ and coaches’ components and Malagò supported by a Serie A majority, and it could leave FIGC leadership unsettled if litigation forces a delay or new commissariamento.