Joe Barone died

Joe Barone è died

Sadly, Joe Barone did not make it. It’ was Fiorentina, through a note, that announced the death of its general manager, who had been struck by a very serious illness on Sunday, just hours before the match that the violets were to play in Bergamo with Atalanta.

“With deep sorrow and immense sadness, Fiorentina today lost one of its landmarks, a figure who marked the club’s recent history and who will never be forgotten. General Manager Giuseppe Barone, after falling ill on Sunday, è passed away today at the “San Raffaele” hospital in Milan” we read.

“Rocco Commisso and his family, Daniele Pradè, Nicolas Burdisso, Alessandro Ferrari, Vincenzo Italiano, Cristiano Biraghi and all of Fiorentina are 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, both the happiest and, above all, the most difficult ones” continues the note.

“The entire purple world embraces in an emotional hug to his wife Camilla, his children and the entire Barone family in this moment of enormous dejection” concludes the purple club. Joe Barone was born in 1966 and would have turned 58 tomorrow, March 20.