ARTICLE AD
An influential name in Italian football passed away on Tuesday.
“ 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.