07 Jun 2024 12:11
by Giovanni Cardarello
The climate surrounding the sale of Perugia Calcio is heating up more and more. A climate in which, it is now clear, a point of no return has been reached in the relations between president Massimiliano Santopadre and the red and white fans. In particular that of organized groups.
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The jump in level is a consequence of the silence of the red and white president regarding the official purchase offer made via a certified e-mail, last May 20th, by a consortium of entrepreneurs from Perugia led by Claudio Sciurpa. The CEO of Vitakraft Italia Spa and main sponsor of the club. Santopadre has not yet responded to that formal offer and in the meantime the clock is running fast.
It runs fast and runs to a date, June 15th, in which it should be clear how Massimiliano Santopadre wants to restructure the club’s debt. And with a particularity that is the plastic sign of the level of difficulty in progress.
As stated on the TV show’s Facebook pageA Friday at Grifoni’s‘, «in the request for access to the crisis and insolvency regulation tool (ex art.120 bis DL GS 14/2019), the sole director of Perugia proposed a tax settlement to the Revenue Agency. In addition to this possibility and here the strange and particular thing begins, he has proposed a debt restructuring plan to the various creditors. In fact, in addition to the proposal made to other creditors, Massimiliano Santopadre, sole director of Perugia, proposed a debt restructuring plan to Massimiliano Santopadre, sole director of the company NK Raider Srl”. A unique one in the genre.
All elements which, once they emerged, pushed the main groups of the ‘Renato Curi’ Northern curve to sensational, civil, but sensational actions. The first we told it with plenty of videos, the protest of around three hundred fans under Santopadre’s home in San Mariano di Corciano. The second is from these hours and aims directly at the wallet of the owner of the Grifo. And it really is unprecedented.
In a letter headed ‘Ultras Perugia’ and signed ‘Armata Rossa, Ingrifati and Nucleo XX Giugno’, the organized supporter groups asked the clubs affiliated to the club to «initiate a reflection and a rethink (in the collaboration relationship, ed.) due to the situation that has arisen” and “out of respect for the city of Perugia, to interrupt any relationship with Perugia Calcio, as long as it remains in the hands of the current owners”.
A hard, clear text without linguistic mediation. A text which, as mentioned, is a point of no return in relationships. The fate of Perugia lies, now more than ever, in the decisions of Massimiliano Santopadre.
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