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Roma To Sell With Debts Of €370m
The Sensi family are being forced to sell Roma with the club crippled by debts of €370m, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport.
Roma President Franco Sensi took over the club in 1993 from Ciro Di Martino, but after 15 years at the club it seems that his time is coming to a tragic end.
There had been strong reports in the English and Italian press a few months ago that Roma were set to be taken over.
Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks, who has an estimated wealth over $1 billion, was the main name linked with a bid.
However Sensi’s daughter Rosella, who is also the administrative delegate of the Giallorossi, blasted the rumours and declared that the club would always stay in the hands of the Sensi family.
“Roma is ours, nobody can touch it,” she said.
“The club will remain with the Sensi family. There will be trouble for anyone who tries to touch it. My father is still alive and continues to play an active role within the club.”
It hadn’t been known just how much financial trouble the Sensi family and Roma were in, but the Gazzetta today claims that they have debts of €370m.
Thus it seems that the Sensi’s will have no other option but to sell the club, with there being a serious possibility that the club could fall into foreign ownership.
The American sports marketing veteran Jeff Slack, who used to be in charge of all the business affairs of Inter Milan, is being tipped to present a bid that will be impossible to refuse within the next few months.
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The Sensi family are being forced to sell Roma with the club crippled by debts of €370m, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport.
Roma President Franco Sensi took over the club in 1993 from Ciro Di Martino, but after 15 years at the club it seems that his time is coming to a tragic end.
There had been strong reports in the English and Italian press a few months ago that Roma were set to be taken over.
Liverpool co-owner Tom Hicks, who has an estimated wealth over $1 billion, was the main name linked with a bid.
However Sensi’s daughter Rosella, who is also the administrative delegate of the Giallorossi, blasted the rumours and declared that the club would always stay in the hands of the Sensi family.
“Roma is ours, nobody can touch it,” she said.
“The club will remain with the Sensi family. There will be trouble for anyone who tries to touch it. My father is still alive and continues to play an active role within the club.”
It hadn’t been known just how much financial trouble the Sensi family and Roma were in, but the Gazzetta today claims that they have debts of €370m.
Thus it seems that the Sensi’s will have no other option but to sell the club, with there being a serious possibility that the club could fall into foreign ownership.
The American sports marketing veteran Jeff Slack, who used to be in charge of all the business affairs of Inter Milan, is being tipped to present a bid that will be impossible to refuse within the next few months.
goal.com
Gattuso's form was awful anyway. He wasn't the same as the WC 2006 or CL 06/07 Gattuso.
I still think this isn't some huge blow for Milan in serie A.
But it might turn out to be decisive in ChL. He's expected to be back for the 1/4 finals but in order to play there Milan will have to pass Arsenal and Gattuso was supposed to be Milan's main or one of the most important players in these clashes against Arsenal. Ancelotti would have packed up the midfield with Gattuso playing the main role in stopping Fabregas, Hleb and Rosicky.
It will be much harder for Milan to survive Emirates without Gattuso.
I still think this isn't some huge blow for Milan in serie A.
But it might turn out to be decisive in ChL. He's expected to be back for the 1/4 finals but in order to play there Milan will have to pass Arsenal and Gattuso was supposed to be Milan's main or one of the most important players in these clashes against Arsenal. Ancelotti would have packed up the midfield with Gattuso playing the main role in stopping Fabregas, Hleb and Rosicky.
It will be much harder for Milan to survive Emirates without Gattuso.
Gattuso out for three weeks
Gennaro Gattuso’s thigh strain will only keep him out for three weeks rather than the feared two months.
It had originally been reported the Milan midfielder would be out of action for at least 50 days after he limped off against Reggina on Wednesday evening.
Today the Rossoneri conducted further tests and announced that Gattuso could return in around three weeks.
He has suffered a strain to the femoral bicep in his right leg.
This means the World Cup winner will miss out on Sunday’s trip to Fiorentina, the first leg of the Champions League clash with Arsenal on February 20 and Italy’s friendly against Portugal.
There is also the real risk Gattuso will not be able to recover in time for the second leg against the Gunners on March 4 at San Siro.
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Gennaro Gattuso’s thigh strain will only keep him out for three weeks rather than the feared two months.
It had originally been reported the Milan midfielder would be out of action for at least 50 days after he limped off against Reggina on Wednesday evening.
Today the Rossoneri conducted further tests and announced that Gattuso could return in around three weeks.
He has suffered a strain to the femoral bicep in his right leg.
This means the World Cup winner will miss out on Sunday’s trip to Fiorentina, the first leg of the Champions League clash with Arsenal on February 20 and Italy’s friendly against Portugal.
There is also the real risk Gattuso will not be able to recover in time for the second leg against the Gunners on March 4 at San Siro.
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