Goal.com · Mar 6, 2018
Fiorentina request 'silence and respect' amid Astori contract rumours
Reports claim the club have renewed the contract of their deceased captain, but the Serie A side are asking for privacy in the matter .
Fiorentina have asked for "silence and respect" after rumours surfaced on Monday surrounding a new contract for late captain Davide Astori .
The 31-year-old passed away suddenly on Sunday, when he was found dead in his hotel room just a few hours before Fiorentina were due to face Udinese in Serie A.
With an official autopsy report yet to be released, the precise cause of the defender's death remains unclear, but Udine's public prosecutor suggested on Sunday that cardiac arrest was the most likely reason.