ForeverInLoveWithJus

What has happened to Parma, couldnt believe it when I saw it all on the news. Will the club be sold?

Riapanonias

Yea sorry if this has been posted.. any way.

The former Leeds United AFC and Juventus FC striker John Charles was "recovering well" in hospital today, 48 hours after undergoing heart surgery.

No longer critical
Charles's condition was said to be no longer critical following the operation to repair an aortic aneurysm in Milan's San Carlo hospital on Tuesday night. The 72-year-old Welshman was due to have appeared as a guest on La Domenica Sportiva, a popular sports show on Italian television that evening.

'Road to recovery'
Dr Piergiorgio Settembrini, the surgeon who operated on Charles, said: "The patient is recovering well. He's on the right road to recovery even if we have to remain cautious up to 72 hours after surgery.

In good spirits
"I had a chat with him this morning, and he asked me about the Serie A football results, which shows that he is in good spirits. He is strong and he can resist the pain well."

Gentle giant
Charles won the Scudetto three times with Juventus, scoring 93 goals in 155 appearances after joining them in 1957 from Leeds for what was then a world-record fee of €96,000. Never booked or sent off during his time in Italy, the Welsh international was nicknamed the 'Gentle giant'.

Got that from uefa.com

MMB

Good chance they'll be sold, we can only hope they'll find new owners.

What happened to them? Well owner and main shareholder Stefano Tanzi has been arrested. He's the owner of one of the biggest milk producing companies worldwide, Parmalat.
He's accused of fraude.
With his company probably heading towards a bankruptcy, it's to fear that Parma will go down the same way. He resigned as chairman a few days ago (we had to) and now they're searching sponsors and people to get them through the rest of the season (in terms of paying wages and field maintaince to name only two cost drivers). They hope to find a new owner for next season. If they can't come up with the money soon, they could well be on their way to the Serie C or even worse ...

Parma hosts title contender Inter tonight.


Gameday 16 Preview:

Chievo - Udinese
Parma - Inter
Perugia - Roma
Siena - Modena
Sampdoria - Juventus
Milan - Reggina
Lazio - Brescia
Empoli - Ancona
Lecce - Bologna

ForeverInLoveWithJus

Its a really bad situation for Parma, It looks quite bleak to be quite honest.

MMB

It's a perfectly similar situation to the one Lazio was going through three seasons ago. They still have it tough financially, but they're managing.

I hope the same for Parma.

ForeverInLoveWithJus

Thats true, Where is Adriano expected to be sold to?

Riapanonias

More rumors about davids going to barcelona now.................

u can prolly read about it on uefa.com or bbc.co.uk

ForeverInLoveWithJus

Yes I have read about Davids, I cant see it happening. If he does go, I think its a bad move for him.

Riapanonias

and why is that a bad move

ForeverInLoveWithJus

I think Barca wont achieve much the way they are at present and he deserves to go to a club with high ambitions.