Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has said that Lazio chief Claudio Lotito thinks he is above the law after a row broke out over comments the latter made in a recorded telephone call.
Lotito was heavily critical of the running of Serie A and Serie B, suggesting that clubs such as Carpi, Frosinone or Latina would have no right playing in the top flight of Italian football, and if they were to be promoted then it would cause a catastrophe.
Juventus president Beppe Marotta previously condemned the Lazio president's remarks, calling on the Italian government to intervene, and now Zamparini has also weighed in on the dispute.
"Lotito's talking nonsense," Zamparini told Radio 24. "Carpi have every right to fight for a place in Serie A. The problem is the president of Lazio suffers from a delirium of omnipotence, like [Benito] Mussolini or [Benedetto] Craxi."
Zamparini was also critical of the sporting director of third-tier side Ischia, Pino Iodice, who recorded and then circulated the conversation.
Zamparini said it was "vile [of Iodice] to record the telephone call, like in the Soviet Republic," although he feels Lotito should still not have said such things, even if in confidence.
"Maybe Lotito doesn't realise that his power is bothersome and that a lot of people are against him," Zamparini added. "He wants to do politics too."