Parma president Tommaso Ghirardi has no regrets over the signing of former Shakhtar Donetsk striker Cristiano Lucarelli.

He said: "Cristiano has already proved to be in good enough shape. We knew he was arriving after two months of inactivity, he had not done his preseason.

"But we decided to do this big operation, because for the last ten games he will certainly be in perfect shape and then will be fully available next season."