AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has slammed Italian football's culture over sack talk for Inter Milan coach Leonardo.
Leonardo has come in for heavy criticism after seeing Inter thrashed by Milan and Schalke this week.
Galliani said: "It's football that's terrible. Leonardo isn't going through a difficult moment at all. Just think that until 8:45pm last Saturday he was being defined as a great Coach and the greatest motivator after having put together an extraordinary run.
"In reality it's football that's terrible.
"Now don't go and say that I am an Inter fan, but you can't erase 13 years of being close to Leonardo. I want to sign him in Paris and then proposed making him Coach to Silvio Berlusconi.
"I am not an Inter fan, but I have a lot of affection for Leonardo."
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