“Tomorrow is Palermo. Samp retreats. “Boss” Manfredi seeks investor,” newspaper headlines Tuttosport.
Sampdoria has been withdrawing ahead of schedule since yesterday evening due to tomorrow’s very delicate match with Palermo. At the bedside of Blucerchiati, staying in an ordinary Levantine hotel, Matteo Manfredi also arrived in Genoa and, in fact, is the main reference at club level at this stage.
Just a few months ago, when Pirlo and the players talked about “the president”, they were talking about Andrea Radrizzani, but now the former Leeds owner has taken a step back from running the club (while remaining a member) and being president. – which today symbolically still rests on the shoulders of Marco Lanna – will soon become official for Manfredi. Given the already fully operational role of Raffaele Fiorella, currently CEO of Sampdoria and a key figure in the post-negotiation settlement, further news is expected in the near future, not only from an area that continues to offer disappointing results.
The central theme for Manfredi at the moment is the search for new investors to consolidate the company, for which – in the period until June – a total capital increase of 40 million (partly already carried out by shareholders) should not be sufficient, given that the club needs another 30/40 million. Not exactly small change for a company still facing deadlines with creditors after a failed collapse and trying to restart at sporting level after a disastrous summer transfer market. Therefore, Manfredi, who together with Radrizzani owns just over 65% of Sampdoria shares, intends to sell 30% of the company to new potential investors. Contacts have been in place for some time, particularly in the Asian financial world – Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and China – where Manfredi typically works outside of football. What follows is a purely technical match that concerns the future, or rather the present, coach Pirlo and the two directors Legrottaglie and Mancini. All technical indicators are currently being discussed.
The Brescia coach is well aware that he plays a lot against Palermo and Modena: among the hot names as possible replacements are Maran and Gotti. For the entire sporting director, the possible candidates of Gianluca Petrachi and Filippo Giraldi are back in vogue, while the position of Fabio Paratici remains lateral and in this Sampdoria he will still have the role of external advisor (but without official positions) even with Manfredi. at the helm. In short, the situation is evolving. Although what hasn’t changed yet are the results on the field. Stojanovic’s return to the group is a joyful note, Barreca is also improving. Pedrola and Murru are always absent.
Source: Tutto Mercato Web
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