Lucarelli: I’ll stay with Parma even in the lower divisions

Date: 22nd February 2015 at 3:35pm
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After several days of drama at Parma which has seen the club unable to host this weekend’s fixture against Udinese, Parma captain Alessandro Lucarelli has insisted he will stay with the club come what may.

Reports had emerged that the cash strapped club had already been liquidated, though these were later denied, however the club are apparently running out of time to save themselves from going bust and ending up in the lower reaches of Italian football.

”My Heart goes out to them as their are now people inside the club who do the everyday jobs who are now looking for work” Lucarelli told Gazzetta Dello Sport.

Their is now a huge responsibility for the league and the Italian Football Federation, but I also would like to ask them how they could allow this situation to happen, and also how they can allow the club to change ownership twice in such a short space of time for just €1?”

The club who finished sixth last season but now lie in last place in Serie A with just Ten points and the 37-year-old wants to know what will happen next.

”We need to understand if the interest of the league and the federation is to Parma or to safeguard their championship, my impression is that they do not care about Parma, if we don’t feel protected then we will not play games.”

Lucarelli was also asked when he though things started going wrong at the club, and the problems are not as recent as they seem.

“About two years ago,” the defender said. “We always had our wages paid on the last possible day, then deadlines became mandatory. That practice became suspicious and then we realised there were liquidity problems, but this was common with many companies in Italy during the recession.

After going over eight months without a salary Lucarelli insists he will remain loyal to the Gialloblu, even if they are forced into Italy’s lower divisions.

“I am willing to go down to the Lega Dilettanti [amateur leagues] and remain as captain. Parma [the city] and Parma FC are a part of me.”

 

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