Arsenal and Manchester United raid Parma


By Dave Eadevic
July 7 2004

Manchester United and Arsenal have both signed players from a cash strapped Parma, Arsenal have swooped on Parma teenager Arturo Luppoli for a fee of around £220,000. While Manchester United have taken his teammate Giuseppe Rossi for what has been described as a minimal fee. Both players would seam to be ones for the future, but what about the future of Parma? It is not like the fees raised off these players will go anywhere near helping them out, and they should be considering their own future. Although in the case of Rossi he had yet to sign a contract, hence the minimal fee and they stood a fair chance of losing him anyway.

If the exodus continues, I can see only relegation for Parma next season.

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