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Macdonald Mariga's Football Club Parma 'dissolved' and automatically relegated from Serie A

Serie A giants Parma 'dissolved' amid claims they couldn't even afford water for training sessions

Reports coming out of Italy suggest that Macdonald Mariga's Football Club Parma have been dissolved, just a day after the cash-starved club was forced to postpone its Serie A game with Udinese while an 11th-hour attempt to save the club was underway.

The club have reportedly racked up a debt of €197 million and were forced to call off Sunday's game because they couldn't afford to pay stewards to attend the match at the Stadio Ennio Tardini.

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