ANCONA Over two hours of discussion. Yesterday’s hot afternoon inside a commercial studio in the center of Bologna. The future of Ancona football is on the table. On the one hand, the Doric municipal administration represented by the mayor Silvetti, the councilor Eliantonio and the manager of the Foglia Tender and Procurement Directorate. On the other, three lawyers from the Giangrande firm which assists the elusive US Ancona president Tony Tiong. Indeed, Us Ancona is not a member of the Lega Pro due to failure to pay the March and April salaries to its members: 430 thousand euros against an investment of 8 million over three years. A dark and indecipherable mystery that perhaps, one day, someone will deign to explain. To the whole of Italy.
Tiong’s proposal
«It was a fair comparison – explained Silvetti – Tiong wants to remedy his exposure with a view to rotation. We, however, with the trademarks in our possession through the fans, are moving forward on our path: we will work hard to try to register the team in the next Serie D as a supernumerary with a new registration using the art. 52 of the Noif”. Translated: Tiong would have shown the possibility of taking on part of Ancona’s debts (at least half of the almost 2 million registered) – a potential investor could also take advantage of the various credits – towards an alternation with the sale of 95% of the shares on his own possession. Silvetti, now aware of the unreliability shown in recent months by the owner (and how to blame him), returned the proposal to the sender.
The end of the sports center
Also at the Bolognese summit, the final word was also put on the endless controversy over the sports centre, made up of singular postponements and acrobatics on the patron’s side in order not to fulfill their duties: «We will revoke the award of the land and collect the deposit (150 thousand euros compared to an operation worth around 1 million and 200 thousand) – concluded the mayor – The thing that is closest to my heart concerns local suppliers. I hope they manage to recover everything. I want to safeguard the city’s youth sector assets.” For Tiong, two paths open up at this point, given the now science fiction possibilities of sales without brands: resolve the issues and not sign up for any championship or open up to the scenario of failure. With everything that comes with it.
New ownership
Today, meanwhile, work will resume on setting up the new property to which the (immediate) future of the Armed Knight will be entrusted. In the almost established asset – a group from Lazio and two local consortiums ready to support – the roles and specific weight will have to be clarified well. This first approach should be sufficient, if the D is granted, to guarantee a sort of honest survival in the fourth national series. A starting point which will naturally have to be increased to allow the creation of an ambitious project over time. This is why Palazzo del Popolo continues to send emissaries to exponents of local, regional and national business.
Series D
The real game to be won is Serie D. Woe betide anyone considering admission as a supernumerary pursuant to art. 52 of the Noif a formality. Much less a picnic or a necessary act. The chances of success are low, even more so with a new freshman without “technical scores” (affiliation, youth sector, various bonuses). The determination with which the Municipality has made it clear that it can play its cards, however, gives some flames to the square. There are four fundamental pieces for hope: strict compliance with the July 8 deadline to submit the application; payment of 300 thousand euros as a non-repayable fund plus a guarantee of 31 thousand euros; strong institutional push to safeguard a city sporting heritage with 119 years of history; presence of a wealth of young people (nursery) to be protected. There is optimism regarding the first three, and we will work hard on the youth sector aspect in these hours. Then we will have to wait in the hope of achieving an (almost) impossible mission on paper. Maybe fate could even smile in a surprise. For once.
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