Quick News and Notes

By: Francesco | April 10th, 2008

Some quick Parma news and notes:

-Andrea Pisanu’s season is over. He had to have a knee operation and will be back next season. Pisanu was one of our most consistent performers this season and will be an essential part of the squad for next season.

-Lazio want Luca Cigarini (pictured to your left). Lazio president Claudio Lotito probably saw him play vs. Lazio and said to himself – “This kid’s good, I must have him!” Too bad he doesn’t know he’s 75% a Juve player next season. Supposedly Lazio would offer us some loans:

Fernando Muslera- yeah right, why don’t we just play with nobody in net next season.

Aleksandar Kolarov- yes please, this kid is the Serbian Roberto Carlos. His left foot is a cannon.

Riccardo Bonetto- no thanks. stop trying to give us your Serie B caliber players. Better off staying at Bologna.

Mourad Meghni- One of the many players dubbed as the “Next Zidane”. Unfortunately he never lived up to his billing, and I don’t think he ever will.

Simone Del Nero- A very technical player, wouldn’t be a bad option. Problem is he’s always injured.

-However Cigarini then said that he would love to stay, because the most important thing for a young player is to get playing time, and big club would not guarantee that.

-We just started a new soccer school in China, in Shanghai to be exact, and 1982 World Cup winner and now TV analyst Beppe Dossena is looking over the project. Chinese youth players from 7-19 years of age will be in the school and obviously the most promising players will make the trip to the peninsula. Also something tells me Ghirardi did this for the Chinese food.

Next game is a relegation battle vs. Empoli. I’ll get a preview up within a day or two.