Little by little something is moving. Against Venezia Marco Belletti, Jamie Welch’s intermediary will most likely be at Rigamonti-Ceppi. Not only as a fan, of course, and as a Lecco native.
It is not an imminent “closing”, but it is certainly the admission that dialogue is still open between the Americans and the Apulian family that owns Lecco. And perhaps he is about to reach the decisive squeeze. But Chinese entrepreneur Alex Lin? Di Nunno reiterates that “he wants to see the money”, but the manager of China Telecom is not used, in his business relationships, to being pulled by the jacket and would have raised his bid: either Di Nunno accepts his proposal by today, or he will act as part. The possibility that the relationship with the Asian entrepreneur is now deteriorating is very real. But there would be a third, middle way, between Americans, Chinese and Apulians.
And it would be Di Nunno’s “return”. It would have been he himself who proposed to Lin to keep seventy percent of the company against the Di Nunnos still having a minority share of thirty percent. Di Nunno still likes the Lecco toy, and this is no mystery to anyone who knows him. He has acquired a visibility never had before in his various small football adventures. And he also achieved great results.
Leaving everything, even if the children, the president Christian and the vice president Biagio, known as “Gino”, Di Nunno push for this ending to be reached, the owner Paolo Leonardo doesn’t like, after all. Certainly, however, he would not want to be left holding the match (the C series) alone. He knows that for the next season the expenses will be high and the revenues will be zero.
So whoever takes the Lecco must not only invest in the selling price, but also in how much they will have to put into it for the next season. And between one thing and another, there is talk of four million all inclusive (salaries, stadium, arrears and Di Nunno’s personal “earnings”), to sell the club, and another four for next season. With the Americans, however, they don’t make any “mistakes”. Either Di Nunno makes up his mind, or everything falls through. With Lin, the middle path would be more practicable, but the Chinese entrepreneur is under no illusion that he can coexist with an often uncontrollable character like Di Nunno, which makes the third option truly difficult. The fact is that never before this season has Lecco had concrete hopes of being sold, since (2017) the family of Apulian origins and based in Cormano announced that they “couldn’t do it anymore”. Among buyers who are truly interested and looking for pure advertising, there is something concrete. But if you don’t take into account Di Nunno’s desire for visibility, you won’t get far.
Despite his latest announcement “If I don’t find anything to sell, I’ll leave everything in the hands of the mayor”, the truth is that Di Nunno has little desire to leave the scene. It is more an economic need, real this time, than a will. And then the middle ground, if he found someone to support him, could be the way to stay blue and blue for a while while waiting to recover and perhaps forcefully get back in the saddle. The fans don’t want him anymore, but he, Paolo Leonardo Di Nunno from Canosa, doesn’t give up. Until he is forced to do so by events or circumstances… economic. His children told him clearly: “If you don’t sell, we won’t put any more money into the company (Elettronica Videogames).”. Who will have won?
