Luigi Furini

Luigi Furini
Born	(1954-01-29)January 29, 1954 Lungavilla (Pv)
Nationality	Italian

Luigi Furini (Lungavilla Pv Italia, January 29, 1954) is an Italian journalist and author.

Career

Luigi Furini works from 1980 to the journalist group L'Espresso, he wrote a few books on success. The first "Volevo solo vendere la pizza. Le disavventure di un piccolo imprenditore" (I just wanted to sell pizza. The misadventures of a small business owner). The second "Volevo solo lavorare" (I just wanted to work), says the harsh reality of two million of Italians who have lost their jobs (nearly at 50 years old) and not yet of retirement age (with the bar higher and higher capacity). The last book "Italia in bolletta" (Italy in the bill) tells how they do Italians struggling with the crisis (that is, and how if there is, even if Silvio Berlusconi had said in November 2009 that it was over).^{[ citation needed ]}

Furini was a Inter supporter. Starting in 2010, he co-hosted the TV program Qui studio a voi stadio on Telelombardia. He was fired from this position in August 2023 after using a racial slur on-air to describe Romelu Lukaku, a striker from the Chelsea Football Club who was being loaned to Inter at the time. ^{[1] [2]}

Books

• Volevo solo vendere la pizza. Le disavventure di un piccolo imprenditore (2007)
• L'Italia in bolletta. Risparmi in fumo, debiti alle stelle: come si estingue il ceto medio (2009)
• Volevo solo lavorare. Siamo tutti precari: da giovani flessibili, licenziati a cinquant'anni... E la pensione che non arriva (2010)

References

1. Campanale, Susy (August 25, 2023). "Journalist thrown off air after racist insult towards Lukaku". Football Italia . Retrieved November 3, 2024.
2. "Giornalista cacciato per insulto razzista a Lukaku" [Journalist fired for racist insult to Lukaku]. Quotidiano Nazionale (in Italian). August 29, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2025.