Welcome back in blue, Signori. An act of justice from Malagò

Beppe Signori, Italy's 1994 World Cup runner-up and three-time Serie A top scorer, appointed Under-20 delegation head after decade-long legal battle cleared his name in match-fixing inquiry.

Beppe Signori, 58, has been appointed head of delegation for Italy's Under-20 team by CONI president Giovanni Malagò. The move marks rehabilitation for one of Italian football's greatest strikers, who spent ten years fighting legal charges in a match-fixing investigation. Signori, who won 28 caps for Italy and scored 188 goals in 344 Serie A appearances for Lazio and Bologna, was arrested in 2011 but proclaimed his innocence throughout. He was banned by the Italian Football Federation in August 2011, but a Cremona court ruled in December 2020 that charges should not proceed due to statute of limitations. Malagò's appointment is seen as an act of justice restoring Signori to Italian football.