February 26, according to Corriere dello Sport, extreme fans of Sampdoria sent a message to boss Ferre
Luo sent the pig’s head and issued death threats.
Someone left a box at the gate of the Sampdoria club headquarters on Saturday. After the club called the police, bomb disposal experts arrived at the scene and opened the box. Inside was a pig’s head and a threatening letter.
The letter read: “Ferrero, Antonio Rome (Director of Samp), next time it will be your head.” This is not the first time Ferrero has encountered death threats.
Sampdoria club headquarters.
Ferrero entered Sampdoria in 2014, but in 2021 he resigned as club chairman due to alleged financial fraud, but he is still Sampdoria’s boss.
The Sampdoria club’s financial situation is poor this season, failing to pay coaches and players’ salaries on time, but Ferrero has always refused to sell the club to American buyers.
These have affected Sampdoria’s performance this season. The team is currently ranked second to last in the Serie A standings, 8 points behind the relegation zone, which makes the fans intolerable.
(Su Erhu)