Communist Cristiano Lucarelli Back in Italy !

By: Marco Stucazzo | January 15th, 2008

So Aldo was bullshitting about having a verbal agreement with Donetsk for Cristiano’s return. Ain’t that surprising !

Cristiano Lucarelli is back in the peninsula. Francesco has the lowdown on his move to the Tardini.

( And no, Selvaggia isn’t his wife(keep on clicking!))

The Big Man was imported from the Ukraine to sign a new contract with the Tardini outfit today. The Livorno born bomber/ Editor/Rocco Sifreddi best Friend and Communist has signed on for the next 3 and a half years to help Parma regain the respectability they deserve. It’s great to see another Italian Champion come back to the boot, i love to travel as much as the next guy, but this Italian Star Exodus has gone too far anyways.

To me, Lucarelli will always remain a Livorno Bandiera. The special bond he had/has with the City and the fans will never be forgotten. His call up to the Italy squad was accomplished during his time with the Labronici. The Big Man has 105 goals in 246 games in Serie A over his career and 94 of them in the Livorno shirt. He’s the major reason why the little Tuscan town’s team is still in Serie A at the moment.

He had this to say about Livorno today ;

Ti aspettavi che il Livorno ti cercasse? “Sono andato dove mi hanno chiesto. Il Livorno non mi ha cercato, avranno avuto i loro motivi, quindi mi sono sentito libero di fare le mie scelte anche perché io ho sempre pagato o ho avuto dei benefici dalle scelte che ho fatto in prima persona e non ho mai chiesto a nessuno di poter pagare al posto mio. Quindi questa è una cosa che mi dava felicità e l’ho fatta, anche perché Parma, poi, è l’unica squadra che è andata a Donetsk e ha comprato il cartellino per intero senza prestiti, senza riscatti, senza niente, cioè è una società che mi voleva e tre anni e mezzo di contratto lo dimostrano”

Free Translation:

I went where I was wanted. Livorno didn’t try to get me back, so I felt free to choose whichever club suited my needs best. Parma has been harassing me and Donetsk for quite some time now. Parma gave me a 3 year and a half contract and they were the only team to purchase my contract outright

I don’t want to get in to the whole problem with Lucarelli and the Ultras, but I’m glad Lucarelli is back in Italy. Unfortunately, it’s not with Livorno…