Serie A, clubs ask for meeting with Draghi: “Unsustainable crisis”

The Serie A clubs, struggling with “a state of crisis that is no longer bearable” and with a damage of 1.2 billion due to the pandemic, are asking for an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti. The clubs also hope that the stadiums will be fully reopened from the start of the championship. “The Serie A clubs, meeting today in the Assembly, complain about a state of crisis that is no longer bearable caused, in particular, by the economic losses suffered due to the absence of spectators in the stadiums in the last two sports seasons. To start the next championship. , and not to ignore the desire of 38 million fans, the Clubs of A, unanimously, request with the utmost urgency a meeting with the Prime Minister Mario Draghi, with the Minister of Economic Development Giancarlo Giorgetti and with the Undersecretary for Sport Valentina Vezzali “, affirm the clubs” This meeting is necessary to find, in agreement with the Government, suitable solutions for the damage of 1 billion and 200 million euros suffered so far by the Clubs due to the pandemic and to establish, at the same time, the ways to encourage the total return of the public to the stands from the first day of next season, in full safety for the fans and contemplating the use of the pass vaccinal port “, concludes the press release from Lega Serie A.