In the early morning of March 19, Beijing time, Serie A Fiorentina announced that they would name the club's training base after the deceased captain Astori.
Two weeks ago, Fiorentina captain Astori died of cardiac arrest at the age of 31.
In an interview, The club's executive chairman, Mario Cornini, said: "The past period has been very painful for us, and the club would also like to thank the help and encouragement from our colleagues in the sports world, we hope to name the training base as Astori, which is his home. ”
"In the future, the training base will no longer be called 'Campini', but 'David Astori Sports Centre', which is just the first step we have taken and we want Astori to be with the club every day." The specific plan for the name change ceremony will be discussed with the Family of Astori. ”