Parma president quits after club denied Europa League place


  • Football
  • Saturday, 31 May 2014

ROME (Reuters) - Parma president Tommaso Ghirardi has put the club up for sale and is quitting the sport after his team were denied a place in the Europa League following a tax dispute, he said on Friday.

Parma qualified for Europe for the first time since 2006 after pipping Torino to sixth place in Serie A on the final day of the season.

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