Massimo Franchi Monday 4 December 2023, 11.28am
The first thing that strikes you when you cross the threshold of the headquarters of Starlizard is that almost all employees wear a standard “casual” uniform with the stylized logo of a lizard. And the scaled reptile with the forked tongue appears almost everywhere: on posters, blow-ups, sculptures, paintings, furnishings. The reason is soon explained. The nickname of Antony “Tony” Bloom53 years old, owner and president of Brighton & Hove Albion coached by the Brescia native De Zerbiè “The Lizard”.
A “nickname” that he immediately made his own so much so that he called Starlizard – in Italian it would sound like “Stellalucertola” – the betting, data analysis and sports predictions company that he manages from the operations center located in Jamestown Road, in the lively London district of Camden Town. Bloom is the new “Best President” 2023, the best of the year: elected by the “Board” of legends of Tuttosport which includes the 4 Golden Balls Matthäus, Stoichkov, Nedved e Shevchenko and also Verón, Costacurta, Toni, Rui Costa, Chapuisat, Mauro, etc.). He hosted us with extreme cordiality in the “lounge” attached to his office where we presented him with the trophy. And he never stopped apologizing for not being able to be present at the Golden Boy Awards gala in Turin this evening due to a previous institutional commitment in Brighton.
Congratulations Mister Bloom, you succeed a certain Florentino Pérez in the Golden President’s roll of honour… «A huge honor for me. Florentino is the leader of the most prestigious and most successful club in the world. I will bring this trophy to the Brighton headquarters and study the best place to display it for everyone to admire».
His dream has become reality: after saving the team from bankruptcy in 2009, last May he led them to qualification for the Europa League, the first time in Brighton’s centuries-old history.
«I am also proud of it because I am a “Brightonian”, a native of Brighton although now living in London, and I have always, since I was a child, been a fan of the “Seagulls”. What could be better than seeing your favorite team take the field at the Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam, at the Vélodrome in Marseille, at the Opap Arena in Athens and of course in our Amex Arena packed in every order of seats for home matches against Ajax, OM and AEK?”.
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