the Italian championship becomes increasingly American with the arrival of Oaktree

The entry of the US fund into Inter will bring the number of teams with overseas ownership to seven, a number that could further expand in the event of Venezia’s promotion to Serie A

There A league it is dyed with “stars and stripes”. With the passage of Inter into the hands of Oaktreethe Italian championship will see the presence of seven teams in the hands of an American ownership with the possibility that they will become eight starting from next season in the event that the Venice were to win the play-offs B series. A colony that is becoming increasingly larger thanks to the transfer of the majority package of Nerazzurri shares to the US fund and which gives a further “international touch” to our football.

The road to the States was opened Rome in 2011 saw the acquisition of the Capitoline club by the consortium led by Thomas DiBenedetto And James J. Pallotta who took over Rosella Sensi thus becoming the first Serie A team to end up in American hands. A story that continued with Pallotta becoming president in place of DiBenedetto a year later and above all with the purchase by the family Friedkin in 2020 which thus continued an over ten-year tradition of owners coming from overseas.


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In the wake of the latter, in 2018 the Bel Paese welcomed the fund Elliott Management Corporation which, following the Chinese entrepreneur’s failure to fulfill his obligations Li Yonghongtook ownership of the Milan being followed the following year by the Calabrian-born magnate Rocco Commissotook over from the family Of the valley at the Florentine after an experience with i New York Cosmos. A scenario which in fact gave rise to numerous inflows of American capital into the coffers of our companies as confirmed in 2020 by the Parmanewly promoted and supported by the entrepreneur Kyle Krause after a period of difficulty linked to the bankruptcy which had forced the ducals to start again from the amateurs.

They then entered the chessboard 777 Partners which holds in 2021 ended the era Precious to the Genoa expanding their football portfolio which sees them retain shares in various teams abroad such as Standard Liège in Belgium, Hertha Berlin in Germany, Red Star in France, Vasco da Gama in Brazil, Melbourne Victory in Australia And Seville in Spain where, however, he appears as a minority member.


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The brightest year for American properties was undoubtedly 2022 with the arrival ofAtalanta of the patron dei Boston Celtics Stephen Pagliucaintended to purchase 55% of the DEA shares together with another group of US entrepreneurs, as well as the appearance of RedBird driven by Gerry Cardinale which acquired Milan from the Elliott fund for 1.2 billion euros.

Outside this list remains a consortium of entrepreneurs led by Duncan Niederauer who re-founded Venezia in 2015 before becoming president in 2020. The lagoon team beat Palermo in the first leg of the Serie B play-off semi-finals, which is why in a few weeks it could expand the ranks of American properties in Serie A .

 
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