Lazio have parted methods with their falconer, the Serie A membership stated on Monday, after native media reported that he had shared photos of his penile implant on social media.
Juan Bernabe, the person in control of flying the membership’s eagle mascot earlier than kickoff, was let go after Lazio grew to become conscious of the images and movies on his social media accounts.
Reuters has tried to contact Bernabe for remark.
Bernabe is the teacher of Olympia, a white-headed eagle Lazio adopted in 2010. Olympia’s flight over Rome’s Olympic Stadium earlier than matches has grow to be a symbolic second for followers.
The membership stated in a press release that they recognised supporters can be disillusioned on the eagle’s absence from dwelling video games.
“The membership is conscious of the ache the absence of the eagle will trigger the followers nevertheless it has grow to be unimaginable to affiliate our historic image with such (an) particular person,” Lazio stated.
Bernabe was in 2021 suspended by Lazio after he was filmed on the stadium cheering for Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.