Palermo put up for sale

(GSM) – Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini has decided to put the club up for sale, claiming that Italian football favors the top sides.

The frustrated Zamparini, who saw Milan defeat Palermo 3-1 on Wednesday, believes he has taken Palermo as far as he can and wants the new owner to guarantee the aims of the club.

He posted a statement on the club’s official website saying: “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.”

Zamparini bought Palermo in 2002.