{"id":93473,"date":"2015-02-21T10:23:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T10:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=93473"},"modified":"2015-02-21T14:24:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T14:24:32","slug":"cash-strapped-parma-running-out-of-time-as-match-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=93473","title":{"rendered":"Cash-strapped Parma “running out of time” as match postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parma have called off<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> Sunday’s Serie A visit of Udinese on safety grounds as their financial problems continue to threaten the club’s future.<\/p>\n

Players and staff from the bottom-of-the-table club have not been paid all season and stewarding costs were unable to be met to stage the fixture.<\/p>\n

The club asked to play the match behind closed doors but the Italian Football Federation has ordered a postponement.<\/p>\n

Alessandro Lucarelli said: “Time is running out. We need facts, not words.”<\/p>\n

Training on Friday was also cancelled with cash levels reported to be below \u00a329,700 at the Stadio Ennio Tardini.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had a meeting with the president and what has emerged is the difficulty in bringing the money to Italy,” captain Lucarelli continued.<\/p>\n

“He has reiterated that he will try to give us some guarantees in the next 24 hours. But our patience has a limit. We are a united group and we have given the club an ultimatum.”<\/p>\n

Parma have changed hands twice in the last two months.<\/p>\n

Dastraso Holdings, a Cyprus-based conglomerate, took control in December and named Ermir Kodra, a 29-year-old Albanian, as president. The club was sold again two weeks ago to Slovenian-based Mapi group.<\/p>\n

Giampietro Manenti, the latest president, said on taking over that he was confident of sorting out the problems.<\/p>\n

They were deducted a point in December for failing to pay player wages dating back to November 2013. Club president Tommaso Ghirardi and director Pietro Leonardi were also fined \u00a33,951 each.<\/p>\n

Parma finished sixth in the table last year, but missed out on the Europa League for not meeting Uefa’s club licensing criteria because of unpaid bills.<\/p>\n

The two-time Uefa Cup winners, who have also won the Coppa Italia three times, are managed by former Italy midfielder Roberto Donadoni, who managed the national side between 2006-2008.<\/p>\n

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Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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