Messina safe, Toro turfed out

Tuesday 9 August, 2005

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Messina have won their final appeal and will play in Serie A, but the top flight closes its doors to Torino.

The Sicilian club had originally been excluded from the Division due to financial irregularities, but the TAR tribunal of Lazio accepted their appeal that the paperwork was valid and today’s State Counsel decision also went their way.


Bologna and the FIGC had lodged motions to push Messina out of Serie A, a move which would’ve promoted the Rossoblu in their place.


“This is a great victory for sport,” stated Messina President Pietro Franza. “My first thoughts are for the players who have suffered and held out during this pre-season uncertainty. There were moments of real tension, but they are over now. It’s our duty to win back the credibility that our image has lost in recent weeks and strengthen the squad in the final days of the transfer market.”


Torino were not so fortunate, as their appeal has again been rejected and the club will not be able to play in Serie A this season. The Granata’s registration included a bank draft covering a £26m debt, but it later proved to be false. Accepting that Toro were not aware of this, they were given extra time to find the financial guarantees, but were unable to do so.


“Tomorrow we will present a new bank draft and, though I don’t know what it’ll achieve, it will at least show we acted in good faith,” said President Attilio Romero. “We do not deny our responsibilities, but we did everything possible to resolve the matter. We ran into continual obstacles when we were so close to a conclusion.”


The Stadio Delle Alpi squad will nonetheless apply for the ‘Lodo Petrucci’, a rule allowing a bankrupt club to start again in a lower Division with new owners, so Torino will return to Serie B despite their promotion.


Perugia and Salernitana have also been excluded from Serie B, while Benevento (C1), Imolese and Rosetana (C2) are ruled out. The State Counsel did accept the appeals put forward by Gela and Sassari Torres, who will play in Serie C1.


With the Lodo Petrucci in mind, Perugia can drop down to Serie C1, while Napoli’s many appeals against a series of clubs have not helped them emerge from the same Division.

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