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Palermo hand out 'biscuits' as relegation looms-Italy Serie A

Palermo have opened the Serie A “biscuit tin” of conspiracy by implying there is a plot to send them down into the second division as the battle for survival heats up.

The Italian season would not be complete without such speculation, bizarrely known as biscuits by the media, and Palermo president Maurizio Zamparini duly obliged by crying foul after fellow strugglers Carpi beat Empoli 1-0 on Monday.

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