Football in mourning, Italy cries

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By: Manu Tournoux

An influential name in Italian football passed away on Tuesday.

Italian football is in mourning. Iconic Serie A club, Fiorentina announced this Tuesday the death of its general director Joe Barone. Aged only 57, the leader suffered a heart attack.

It is with deep and immense sadness that Fiorentina today loses one of its leading figures, a character who marked the recent history of the club and who will never be forgotten. General director Giuseppe Barone, who fell ill on Sunday, died today at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan »indicated the Tuscan club in an official press release.

“The whole of Fiorentina is devastated by the terrible loss of a man who offered his great professionalism, his heart and his passion for these colors, of a helpful friend who was always close in all moments, even the happiest that, above all, the most difficult. The entire purple world embraces his wife Camilla, his children and the entire Barone family in this moment of immense despair,” Fiorentina continued.

Joe Barone has served as general manager of Fiorentina since November 2019.

It is with deep and immense sadness that Fiorentina today loses one of its leading figures, a character who marked the recent history of the club and who will never be forgotten. General director Giuseppe Barone, who fell ill on Sunday, died today at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan »indicated the Tuscan club in an official press release.

“The whole of Fiorentina is devastated by the terrible loss of a man who offered his great professionalism, his heart and his passion for these colors, of a helpful friend who was always close in all moments, even the happiest that, above all, the most difficult. The entire purple world embraces his wife Camilla, his children and the entire Barone family in this moment of immense despair,” Fiorentina continued.

Joe Barone has served as general manager of Fiorentina since November 2019.

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