[ITA] Serie A 2008/2009 (51 Viewers)
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Tacopina, who's being backed by international financier George Soros, is jetting to Rome today to put the finishing touches on the deal, which has been in the works for months, according to a source familiar with the deal.
"Joe is purchasing the Roma soccer team with George Soros as his main investor, and [Tacopina's] going to be the president of the team," the source said.
"This is just huge. In Italy, soccer's everything, and in Rome the Roma team's the biggest thing right now," the source said. "Tacopina's very excited. It's a dream come true."
Tacopina, who has been frequently flying to Italy to negotiate the purchase, "had to speak with the highest levels of the Italian government to get this approved," the source said.
The dapper Manhattan litigator - who will maintain his law practice - expects to close the purchase of Roma "by the end of the week," the source said.
The publicly held team's majority shareholders, the Sensi family, have agreed to the deal at a time when its patriarch is ailing.
The purchase price was not known.
But a source said Tacopina intends to aggressively pursue marketing ventures to boost the team's financial fortunes.
"This team, as huge as it is already, can be that much bigger," the source said.
Tacopina, who frequently appears as a legal expert on television talk shows, has represented a slew of big-name clients, among them ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, accused cop killer and "A Bronx Tale" actor Lillo Brancato, and Joran van der Sloot, who was suspected in the mysterious disappearance of American high-school girl Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
The lawyer, whose father was born in Rome, has long been a major fan of Roma and attended soccer's World Cup final in Berlin in 2006.
One of soccer-mad Italy's most popular teams, Roma just finished the season in second place behind Inter Milan in the nation's top division, Serie A. The 81-year-old squad has won three Serie A titles in its history, and frequently competes at the highest levels of European tournaments.
Unlike England's Premier League, where foreign ownership of major teams has become common, Italy's top squads tend to be owned by Italians, so the purchase by Tacopina and Soros, who is Hungarian by birth, is a significant change.
But Tacopina, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, may get a warm reception because he holds Italian citizenship and has a law office in Milan.
Seeing Mourinho in charge of Inter and with all possible players coming there (Drogba,Quaresma...),Milan rebuilding their weak team with overpaid players (Flamini,Dinho...)and Roma being bought by rich Americans who will spend A LOT first year will make this years Serie A great but pain for us.
"Joe is purchasing the Roma soccer team with George Soros as his main investor, and [Tacopina's] going to be the president of the team," the source said.
"This is just huge. In Italy, soccer's everything, and in Rome the Roma team's the biggest thing right now," the source said. "Tacopina's very excited. It's a dream come true."
Tacopina, who has been frequently flying to Italy to negotiate the purchase, "had to speak with the highest levels of the Italian government to get this approved," the source said.
The dapper Manhattan litigator - who will maintain his law practice - expects to close the purchase of Roma "by the end of the week," the source said.
The publicly held team's majority shareholders, the Sensi family, have agreed to the deal at a time when its patriarch is ailing.
The purchase price was not known.
But a source said Tacopina intends to aggressively pursue marketing ventures to boost the team's financial fortunes.
"This team, as huge as it is already, can be that much bigger," the source said.
Tacopina, who frequently appears as a legal expert on television talk shows, has represented a slew of big-name clients, among them ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, accused cop killer and "A Bronx Tale" actor Lillo Brancato, and Joran van der Sloot, who was suspected in the mysterious disappearance of American high-school girl Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
The lawyer, whose father was born in Rome, has long been a major fan of Roma and attended soccer's World Cup final in Berlin in 2006.
One of soccer-mad Italy's most popular teams, Roma just finished the season in second place behind Inter Milan in the nation's top division, Serie A. The 81-year-old squad has won three Serie A titles in its history, and frequently competes at the highest levels of European tournaments.
Unlike England's Premier League, where foreign ownership of major teams has become common, Italy's top squads tend to be owned by Italians, so the purchase by Tacopina and Soros, who is Hungarian by birth, is a significant change.
But Tacopina, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, may get a warm reception because he holds Italian citizenship and has a law office in Milan.
Seeing Mourinho in charge of Inter and with all possible players coming there (Drogba,Quaresma...),Milan rebuilding their weak team with overpaid players (Flamini,Dinho...)and Roma being bought by rich Americans who will spend A LOT first year will make this years Serie A great but pain for us.
Now when Soros comes he's going to give ~15mln euros to their sponsor(Kappa)so he could just get rid of them.Nike will be their new one probably.(Maybe we'll see surprise signing of Ronaldinho?)Also,he said he's going to open 100 Roma stores around the world and make new stadium(being called by Sensi probably).
Seeing them spending so much just when come in the charge imagine their team.
Seeing them spending so much just when come in the charge imagine their team.
One day we hear that he's taking over (soros), and the next day they say he won't!! Is it really gonna happen or its just 
Soros said no few days ago because Roma's shares jumped 18% and the day after they fell 20%...There's a lot of media bullshit as well and you guys heard just 5% of everything.I'm kinda familiar with it since my bro is Romanista.
Adriano To Join Samp?
According to sources from Genoa, Inter striker Adriano could make a surprise loan move to Sampdoria this summer.
Inter striker Adriano, who spent the last half season on loan with San Paolo and did quite well there, may end up in an unexpected place this summer. The 26-year-old could be loaned out yet again, this time to Sampdoria in Serie A. The Blucerchiati already revived Antonio Cassano's career last season, so they might be able to do the same for Adriano.
Despite doing well in Brazil these last few months, the player is probably not yet ready to feature prominently for Inter again already next season. That's especially the case if coach Roberto Mancini, with whom he's never been on good terms, stays in Milan.
Adriano's preferred destination is certainly Italy. With his former Parma team mate Alberto Gilardino already making the move to Fiorentina, Sampdoria could really help the former Inter star to get his career back on track.
In case the move does go through, most probably Samp will have to strike a deal with Inter to have them pay part of his considerable salary, as was already done with Real Madrid for Cassano
According to sources from Genoa, Inter striker Adriano could make a surprise loan move to Sampdoria this summer.
Inter striker Adriano, who spent the last half season on loan with San Paolo and did quite well there, may end up in an unexpected place this summer. The 26-year-old could be loaned out yet again, this time to Sampdoria in Serie A. The Blucerchiati already revived Antonio Cassano's career last season, so they might be able to do the same for Adriano.
Despite doing well in Brazil these last few months, the player is probably not yet ready to feature prominently for Inter again already next season. That's especially the case if coach Roberto Mancini, with whom he's never been on good terms, stays in Milan.
Adriano's preferred destination is certainly Italy. With his former Parma team mate Alberto Gilardino already making the move to Fiorentina, Sampdoria could really help the former Inter star to get his career back on track.
In case the move does go through, most probably Samp will have to strike a deal with Inter to have them pay part of his considerable salary, as was already done with Real Madrid for Cassano
Too many things is going on right now with italian clubs (soros takeover of roma, mourinho managing inter :melayyanandmessi: , Fiorentina very active in the market, giovinco's playing next season for juve
, milan rebuilding their team to challenge for the league title
)....Serie A is gonna be on fire next season :rulz:
, milan rebuilding their team to challenge for the league title )....Serie A is gonna be on fire next season :rulz:
Too many things is going on right now with italian clubs (soros takeover of roma, mourinho managing inter :melayyanandmessi: , Fiorentina very active in the market, giovinco's playing next season for juve , milan rebuilding their team to challenge for the league title )....Serie A is gonna be on fire next season :rulz:
, milan rebuilding their team to challenge for the league title )....Serie A is gonna be on fire next season :rulz:
i hope we will be a crucial part of that
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