Former Juventus director Luciano Moggi has labelled Carlo Ancelotti a 'traitor' for his comments on the Calciopoli scandal, while also accusing his ex-manager of being involved in 'dirty football'.
Ancelotti made headlines this week for claiming the 2006 scandal, which resulted in Juve being stripped of their 2005 and 2006 Serie A titles, was actually a 'positive' event that cleaned Italian football.
Moggi, general director of the Old Lady at the time, was accused of influencing the appointment of referees after telephone conversations recorded by Naples prosecutors as part of a criminal investigation were released.
As well as being stripped of two Scudettos, Juve were also relegated to Serie B when the scandal broke, while Moggi was handed a life ban from football.
Yet in response to Ancelotti's comments, the 84-year-old has hit out at his former coach in an explosive column for Italian newspaper Il Libero.
'Dear Carlo, your claims make me think you forget about your time at Juventus and don't realise that you are also reporting yourself,' Moggi wrote. 'You were part of that 'dirty football' you enjoyed because it made you grow as a coach.
'You were part of that football also when Juventus lost the title under the rain in Perugia. You were part of that football when the FIGC changed the rules one week before Juventus vs Roma, giving the Giallorossi the chance to play with an extra-EU player, [Hidetoshi] Nakata, who hadn't been allowed to play before.
'He was also decisive because he scored the equaliser that allowed Roma to win the title and you finished as a runner-up once again.
'At that time, you used to come to my office to complain about the injustice suffered by Juventus. I don't understand why you condemn this behaviour now, just like traitors who take advantage of the dirty game to grow and then, with lights off, they make whistleblowers, but only to pass as do-gooders.
'It's easy to fish in a barrel and it costs nothing unless you have something else to declare, only with proofs because phone tappings are ready to deny and Gianfelice Facchetti knows something about it.'
Moggi hired as Ancelotti as Juve manager in 1999 and the Italian remained in charge for two years.
The future Chelsea and Real Madrid failed to win a major trophy in Turin, missing out on the Serie A title on the final day of the 1999/00 campaign.
Ancelotti blamed his struggles at Juve on his previous spells with AC Milan and Roma as a player, saying this week: 'It wasn't a great experience, but everything was perfectly organised.
'I didn't have a great time because of my time at Milan and Roma, but I learned a lot at the club.'
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Ancelotti deserve some respect please he is father of coaches in football