The change of ownership of Rome – from the American James Pallotta to the Texan Dan Friedkin – it was only the first act of a proprietary earthquake that is about to upset the Italy of football. "After Roma, half of Serie A is for sale," he wrote a few days ago The Sun 24 hours, echoing an effective quip by the Italian-American president of Fiorentina, Rocco Commisso.
And in fact, the list of football clubs that could change owners in the short term is long: there are the two Genoese ones – the samp and Genoa -, There is the Parma and there is always the Milan. Despite the denials of President Urbano Cairo, Turin remains unknown because it is said that, after the many disappointments remedied on the pitch, even the publisher of Corriere della Sera and Gazzetta dello Sport will not decide to fold.
GENOA
The first deal after Rome seemed to be that of Genoa, even if the president Enrico Preziosi has been trying in vain to sell the rossoblu club for years, which has a mountain of debts on its shoulders. But the offer made by an Italian consortium led by Andrea Radrizzani (owner of Leeds coached by the legendary Marcelo Bielsa and returned to the Premier League just this year) and by Matteo Manfredi was rejected with indignation by Preziosi: "It is a ridiculous offer. Now, however, according to reports from Tuttosport, a more promising path has opened up with an offer from Moroccan tycoon Rahal Boulgoute for a deal through a capital increase that would still reserve a minority stake in the new Genoa for Preziosi. If they are roses, they will bloom.
Sampdoria
But news from the other side of football is also awaited in Genoa, given the intention of President Ferrero, grappling with the cinema crisis, which is his core business, to sell Sampdoria despite the failure of the negotiations with the consortium led by the former goalscorer for Sampdoria, Juve and the national team, Gianluca Vialli. Ferrero demands 100 million, but if he doesn't lower his demands it will be difficult to find a buyer.
PARMA
Then there is Parma for sale, for which a Qatari investor is moving, ready to take over 51% of the Emilian company, with the gradual exit of the current shareholders Pizzarotti and Barilla.
MILAN
Finally Milan. It is clear from the first hour that the current owner - the American fund Elliott -, being a private equity fund, will sell its shares as soon as there is an opportunity to make a nice capital gain after investing around 700 million euros. For now, however, there are no aspiring purchasers and the offer attributed in recent months to the French king of luxury, Bernard Arnault, soon seemed a chimera. But Milan remains on the sales list and sooner or later the news will come.
