Gianluigi Lentini - Most expensive transfer.... disappeared?

[kerpow]

I read that Lentini joined Cosenza last year as a free agent. This is the same guy that cost Milan a staggering 13.3 million pounds way back in 1992. I understood he stayed at Milan for a couple of years and didn't produce the form that was expected of him. Where did he go after that? I can't find anything about his playing career in between 1994-2001. Can anyone help?

[SueB]

I know he was with Torino around 99-00 but I don't know all of his stops. Thought he was injured for a while. Wasn't he in a serious car accident?

[SueB]

I found this:

http://www.soccerage.com/en/04/00057.html

[kerpow]

Thanks Sue, I had hoped you would reply. I've found what I was looking for though.

Scheda Personale
Anno Squadra serie pres. goals
------- ----------------- ----- ----- -----
1985-86 Torino A - -
1986-87 Torino A 11 -
1987-88 Torino A 11 -
1988-89 Ancona B 37 4
1989-90 Torino B 22 6
1990-91 Torino A 34 5
1991-92 Torino A 33 5
1992-93 Milan A 30 7
1993-94 Milan A 7 -
1994-95 Milan A 17 5
1995-96 Milan A 9 1
1996-97 Milan A - -
sett'96 Atalanta A 31 3
1997-98 Torino B 34 3
1998-99 Torino B

I was just curious as, for me, he started the crazy spending in football in the 90's. I know that Baggio and Vialli had had similar size transfers at the time but they were household names and had played on the world stage.

[SueB]

Do you know the story of his car wreck? It happened before I started following calcio closely. I thought I heard it happened in '92, but from the looks of his career records, it must've happened in 93 or 94. The record transfer is amazing considering he is a midfielder and never scored that many goals even before the accident. Milan just had money to burn in those days, I guess. Or thought they did.

[prk166]

I was just curious as, for me, he started the crazy spending in football in the 90's. I know that Baggio and Vialli had had similar size transfers at the time but they were household names and had played on the world stage. [/B]

Crazy? Not really. The TV money was starting to pour in. If the TV money wasn't there, the big $$$$$$$ for transfers wouldn't have been there, either.

[bestianera]

the price was the result of a bidding war between Juventus and Milan,the Agnelli were desperate to re-take control of serie A
probably overpriced anyway,he was never able to recover after the car wreck

there are also tax-evading issue regarding his transfer that fortunately for then-Torino President ... and Galliani became statute-barred just the other day