The rejection of the Serie C reform by the clubs that he himself had proposed led him to break the delay. Francesco Ghirelli interpreted this as a sign of distrust and resigned as head of Lega Pro .
Ghirelli, who had been confirmed president of Serie C with a large majority, therefore leaves office after a path not always fully shared by the clubs.
For the League of the third series it is an unexpected earthquake, which opens a hitherto latent crisis but certainly profound and not easy to solve.
"I waited to hand in my resignation as president of Lega Pro: they will be operational from tomorrow" , reads Ghirelli's press release, who explains that he made the decision to resign as soon as the extraordinary club meeting in Rome ended (where it is not the quorum of 40 votes was reached, with just 34 out of 60 clubs expressing themselves in favour) and the rejection of the reform plan also supported by the president of Olbia Alessandro Marino.
