Mauricio Zamparini To Resign As Palermo President and Sell Club?

Mauricio Zamparini announced his resignation as President of Palermo and that he is putting the club for sale. The announcement was published at the Palermo website.

He announced his resignation as a response to his team's loss to AC Milan on November 10, 2010. Zamparini also lamented the state of Italian football and the "biased referees" in the game.

In his resignation speech, Zamparini lamented the "loss of sports values in football and had hoped things would change." He went on to say that "the battle was fought and that (he) was defeated by the "pseudo-sports world."

He also added that "younger managers" are needed to continue to fight the battles for the club and Italian football.

Zamparini thanked the fans and the club for their support and asked for continuous support of Palermo.

There are people who think that this latest news is just another outburst from Zamparini. According to these experts, Zamparini has made such threats with emotional outbursts before and then retracted them.

They also base their reason on Palermo being a club from southern Italy while AC Milan Inter, and Juventus (of northern Italy) are dominant.

Regardless, there are people who are of the opinion that Italian football is in need of rejuvenation and cleaning up. It is something that will have to be decided by the Italian Football Association itself.

It remains to be seen whether Zamparini will continue with his threat.