This club lets 18 players go
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At AS Livorno, the ball continues to roll, even if 18 players leave the club
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Because they are beaten in last place and see no chance of staying in the league, AS Livorno lets more than two thirds of its squad move. The Italian second division team wants to save money.
WThe fact that one or the other football club deals with contracts when players have expired was already evident on Tuesday, June 30, yesterday’s deadline. It became known that third division club Waldhof Mannheim had three players Michael Schultz, Kevin Conrad and Jonas Weik in the last two games of the season.
The trio had not been able to agree with the club on an additional agreement with which they could still have played for the Mannheimers after their contract ended on June 30.
“Would only have been a waste of money”
There were three professionals in Mannheim. With the Italian second division club AS Livorno, on the other hand, the bloodletting is far greater: With 18 players, the club lets more than two thirds of its squad move – and that seven matchdays before the end of the season. Several media had reported about it. Background: The Toscans are lagging behind in the last place in the table and have already written off the relegation with twelve points behind the relegation place.
Therefore, the club released all players whose contract expired on June 30. “You get the approval. We are practically in Serie C, an extension would have been a waste of money, ”said Livorno’s President Aldo Spinelli, according to the football portal“ Goal ”.
Livorno’s current squad, with fewer than ten players, is not even big enough for a complete lineup. The remaining games should therefore take place with numerous youth players so that Livorno can play the season over.
The club had relegated from Serie A in 2014 and was passed through to the third division. Two years ago, they returned to Serie B, from which the club will say goodbye in a few weeks with a core team.
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