President looking to sell Palermo
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Your support makes all the difference.Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini is to put the Serie A club up for sale, after growing frustrated at a perceived bias in favour of the league’s big names.
Zamparini took the decision following a 3-1 defeat at AC Milan, which contained several controversial refereeing decisions.
He told the club’s official website: “I have given the task to find an advisor that can be in charge of the sale of the shares of Palermo.
“My decision is clear even though I feel pain to leave the beautiful Palermo fans with whom I am very close to.
“Certainly the new owner of Palermo will have to be at the level to guarantee the aims of a great club.
“This decision is down to the fact that I feel defeated by a world where the sporting values are more and more forgotten, and where the economic and media power of three or four clubs - who want to divide the scudetto among themselves - reign.
“I am tired of fighting, especially considering my age. I hope to leave the club to young people that have the enthusiasm and the strength to fight in order to change for the better what I have not been able to achieve.”
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