Although the European Championship was won this summer, the environment of Italian football has not improved, and many small teams have encountered economic difficulties, and those in good condition can smash pots and sell iron to survive the difficulties, but it is difficult to persevere if the situation is bad. Today, former Serie A side Catania was officially declared bankrupt by the district court, fearing to end their 75-year history.
Founded in 1946, Catania Football Club has played 17 seasons in Serie A and 34 seasons in Serie B in their 75-year history. They are currently playing in Serie C and theoretically they can still finish this season. However, with the brink of bankruptcy, Catania's players will likely leave the squad after the January transfer window opens. The team is currently in debt, the interim management team must also seek operating funds to barely maintain the operation, bankruptcy is almost irreparable situation, if you want to see this team from Sicily reborn, you can only expect their bankruptcy restructuring.
Although they have not left an excellent record in Serie A, Catania is definitely a very distinctive team in Serie A, they are keen to bring in Argentine players, who have also become the key figures of the team, including Alejandro Gomez, Maxi López, Ledesma, Almiron, Spoli and other Serie A celebrities.
But in terms of the current Italian football environment, the dissolution of the old team is actually nothing new, Parma has experienced a fantastic journey of disbanding and restructuring to continuous promotion back to Serie A and then to relegation back to Serie B, earlier this season, "Flying Donkey" Chievo was also disbanded due to financial difficulties, and has been restructured. Palermo, another former Serie A team in Sicily with Catania, has also gone bankrupt and is currently playing in Serie C with Catania.
The successive bankruptcies of these unfutable former Serie A teams are extremely lamentable, and if you want to return to the era of the "Little World Cup", Italian football must make changes.