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Post by bluebeard on Feb 3, 2015 14:55:35 GMT
It looks like Parma may not even make it to the end of the season - I hear they haven't paid their players (or anyone else) in over 7 months, and some are just walking away. Rooted to the bottom, they might be dropping lower than Serie B, at this rate. Hard to credit that they would have been in the Europa League this year, only for tax issues.
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Post by jasonuk17 on Feb 3, 2015 18:09:10 GMT
Pretty indicative of the Italian economy as a whole. I'm interested to see how Italy handles "consolidation" if it reaches that point, or if Parma will be forced to forfeit matches from player refusal.
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Post by HulkFC on Feb 13, 2015 18:21:11 GMT
What TF happened? They just lost money? I dont remember ever hearing something like this.
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Post by bluebeard on Feb 16, 2015 3:41:40 GMT
Well, the Parma issue is a big one. Firstly, the sponsor who bankrolled them into Serie A and then Europe in the early 90s - Parmalat - collapsed, leaving what had become a big club kind of without a sugar daddy. They dropped down to Serie B, and spent a lot to get back up, and more to become solid, and didn't. What has crippled them most is securing European competition last year, only to lose if for not having paid tax on wages. They have changed owner twice sine December started, but they haven't paid wages since the Summer. They also have something like 200 players on the books, most of them out on loan - that's probably not helping either.
They've already been docked one point, and are likely to face another this month. It's actually quite sad that this fine old club is so near to an utterly devastating crash.
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Post by bluebeard on Feb 21, 2015 20:57:13 GMT
And Parma are gone - no more games for the rest of the season, automatically relegated to Serie B. Whether they can get their stuff together for Serie B, in my opinion, is seriously in doubt. Link |
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Post by jasonuk17 on Feb 21, 2015 21:02:41 GMT
Truly sad to see
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Post by bluebeard on Feb 22, 2015 3:13:45 GMT
I remember watching them around 25 years ago, the new kids in Serie A, playing some good football, and stretching themselves - it really looked at one point like they were going to break the hegemony, especially when Samp did it. It said plenty about Serie A of the time that they had better results in Europe than in Italy. If I recall correctly, they made household names of Zola, Tino Asprilla, Hernan Crespo, Good Thomas Brolin (where he finished his career), Buffon, Marco di Vaio, and Fabio Cannavarro, among many many more.
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Post by jasonuk17 on Feb 24, 2015 23:03:28 GMT
I remember watching them around 25 years ago, the new kids in Serie A, playing some good football, and stretching themselves - it really looked at one point like they were going to break the hegemony, especially when Samp did it. It said plenty about Serie A of the time that they had better results in Europe than in Italy. If I recall correctly, they made household names of Zola, Tino Asprilla, Hernan Crespo, Good Thomas Brolin (where he finished his career), Buffon, Marco di Vaio, and Fabio Cannavarro, among many many more. you forgot Juan Sebastian Veron Lillian Thuram Paulo Sousa |
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Post by bluebeard on Mar 19, 2015 17:02:19 GMT
Parma declared bankrupt. Two receivers have been appointed to run them to the end of the season. If they can find a new owner before the season's end, they will continue (probably in Serie B). If not, it is the Dilettanti for them at best.
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Post by bluebeard on Apr 5, 2015 19:40:40 GMT
They play on - Parma held inter to a draw yesterday at the San Siro!
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Post by jasonuk17 on Apr 7, 2015 18:51:00 GMT
These days, that's not that impressive, should've gotten a win lol
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