I found another old interview. This time Francesco Moser criticized this generation of Italian cyclists and stated that Nibali gained his status in the peloton through the flaws of his rivals and not because of his talent. He further stated that Nibali is a good cyclist, but that doesn't make him a champion.
Date of the interview: 3 October 2012
Quite rich coming from the guy who only won the Giro because the race organisation gave him the perfect route (with few mountains), not to mention the whole helicopter shenanigans during the time trial. They even cancelled a mountain pass to make Moser win. He's the biggest disgrace on the Giro winner's sheet.
He even has the audacity to criticize Wiggins for exactly the same thing that won Moser the Giro:
Looking outside Italy, Moser said that he also considers it premature to regard Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins as a new star. “He won the yellow jersey as the Tour has been designed specifically for his characteristics,” he said, claiming that his team did much of the work to set him up in the mountains, and that the difference was made in the time trials. “I do not think would be able to do it again with a different parcours. The only real great, I think, is Contador.”
Hate to break it to you Moser, but Nibali has a better palmares than you and he's a bigger champion to boot.
http://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/19880/francesco-moser-kritisch-over-huidige-italiaanse-vedetten.html