“He was sitting with the iPad in his hand and putting!”

During the time spent in Turin, Felipe Melo made a team, among others, with the great Gianluigi Buffon. By dividing the locker room and spending a good part of his time with the former Italian goalkeeper, Melo had access to a side of Buffon unknown to the public until recently.

The Brazilian told how Buffon the girl with him and even asked for tips for the lower leagues in Brazil!

Does Gianluigi Buffon put in the Belele?! Felipe Melo: “He was sitting with the iPad in his hand and bet!”

“I know it will be a controversial topic, but I will say something that few people know. When I played for Juventus, I stayed in a hotel in Turin that was inside a shopping center and had a cinema.

I went to the cinema and buffon bet there … He was sitting in front of the computer or taking his iPad with him and his bet! He asked me: “Brother, what do you think about this match in the third Brazilian league?”. He bet and earned a lot of money, but he lost a lot.

But not only did he do this, there were others who asked me! ”, Said Melo in the native country, the statements being taken over by Sport Mediaset.

In fact, Buffon, one of the greatest goalkeepers in football history and emblematic names for Juventus, acknowledged that he had over the years what he called a “weakness for bets”.

In November 2024, around the launch of the autobiographical book, Buffon spoke about how the activity of betting him by adrenaline, but He claimed that he never bet on football, in contradiction with what Melo has now revealed!

The bets were my weakness, until I found my balance. For some, it represents a vice. For me it was about adrenaline. One thing I'm sure: I never did something illegal.

I was never investigated, I have never received news that I would be, because I never bet Juve, the national team or football.

I always bet only on American basketball and tennis. Now I go at most two or three times a year to the casino. But I don't feel the need.

– Gianluigi Buffon, in November 2024

• Italian football is currently shaken by a betting scandalThe Milan Prosecutor's Office revealing a complex network of illegal bets involving 12 A -series footballers, including important names such as Sandro Tonali, now in Newcastle, Nicolò Fagioli (Fiorentina) and Angel Di Maria.