Asked about the arrival of foreign properties such as those from Parma or Como in Serie A, the agent Roberto De Infantrymen he speaks to TMW like this: “I look favorably on any situation that can bring more money to Italian football, regardless of whether it comes from abroad or not. Let’s remember that foreigners acquired Italian clubs because they were in serious economic and financial situations. They acquire them by treating them like companies in distress, investing in sports centres, stadiums (possibly), youth sectors, lowering wages, trying to create a balance to achieve self-financing: basically improving their value as an asset. Look at Fiorentina. Construction of the best training ground in Italy, Viola Park; 4 times winners of the Italian Primavera Cup and now 2 times in a row finalists in 2 European Cups. I would absolutely avoid parochialism; are the English complaining about foreign ownership, which has effectively made the Premier League the richest league in the world? I don’t know a single person who complained that Chelsea belonged to the Russian Abrahamovic or Newcastle is now in Saudi hands.”
