Genoa – After Sampdoria-Modena he spoke in the Ferraris press room Matteo Manfredikey shareholder of Sampdoria: “I'll take stock of the situationfollowing the market session and an update on what has happened so far. Let's start with our acquisition, it is an operation carried out with a medium-long term perspective, an investment made believing in the values and history of this company but it takes time to be valorised, we work every day to add important pieces. You all know the problems, the ones we have found and continue to find along our arduous path due to disruptive actions that continue, but we don't stop. Sampdoria is much more important than these arrest attempts: our group is at work, we are calm and we move forward. For the pitch we did our best considering these restrictions that you know and will remain for Sampdoria: the liquidity index has created difficulties but we have added important pieces, you have seen them, they will help us along the way and our purchase will be the injured players that we hope to recover soon. The ranking doesn't make us happy yet, we have to work to improve the position, but our coach gives us great serenity and I'm sure he will guide the boys in the right direction.”
Manfredi then talks about the anticipated difficulties and the possible interest of Qatar Sports Investment: “The Sampdoria operation had and has great complexity given how the club was managed before our arrival, during due diligence we assessed the situation, we knew the possible rough edges, we didn't expect such ferocity towards Sampdoria but we are ready to manage everything, as happened in the summer. The timing is clear: Every transfer window presents these hardships that we face in our everyday work. Other investors? I manage funds for work, I talk to investors every day, I constantly receive expressions of interest, we are proud of this and we are sure we have made a good operation. Qatar Sports Investment makes these types of investmentswe know them well and they know Sampdoria and Genoa very well, who knows, they could be some of the investors we will talk to in the coming months, but no investor is needed, we are not looking for anyone, they are the investors who are looking for the Sampdoria, despite the problems, there are few assets like this.”
Manfredi then spoke about the relationship with Straighten up: “First of all Andrea is a friend, I relied on his experience to help me in the initial stages of the operation, he had a successful experience in the Premier League, knowing him well in the early stages we collaborated closely, now he continues to help me but in a different way, as a partner and friend. The Reedtz brothers? They are our partners, we know them well, they already have a football team, the world of football is changing, it is polarising, they are not among the investors but friends from whom we can take important advice.”.
On theinvestigation by the Financial PoliceManfredi reassures us: “It doesn't worry us, it follows a trend that doesn't just concern Sampdoria, the current board of directors is ready to shed light on what happened in the past, we have strengthened the corporate infrastructure to ensure that some events never happen again , with greater control procedures”.
His appointment as president, feared in recent months, has not yet taken place: “The organization chart? The Board of Directors currently in office remains in office until the approval of the budgetI am currently on the Board of Directors, I know all the corporate events well – he replies – With regards to the technical, field figure, Andrea Mancini is our director, in these excited weeks he has been more active because in addition to the corporate miracles we must perform market miracles we are convinced that we have made some important additions”. An agreement is being worked out with Lanna to define his future role in Sampdoria: “Marco Lanna is our president – says Manfredi – we are defining a path to continue together that adds value to the brand, Marco is historical memory, point of reference for fans and clubs, we are working with him to find an agreement.”
Manfredi then spoke about the shareholding of Blucerchiati in the club and of the closing: “Our current shareholdings? The current percentage has changed, because Sampdoria needs a lot of financial resources, which Gestio Capital must invest from month to month at the hands of the parent company Blucerchiati so that with each injection of capital corresponds to a purchase of shares which dilutes the old ownership. Seventy-thirty as percentages? You are not far away. The closing? As far as we are concerned it has already happened, it was conditional on the approval which in turn was a fundamental step for the restructuring of the debt, which we obtained. The closing took place.”
On the stadiumthe Blucerchiati shareholder of reference explains that “we have had discussions, the stadium is one of the assets on which we have various ideas and projects, clearly we have to deal with the Municipality but also with Genoa”.
Finally, Manfredi talks about the obstacles faced in the market: “We have the limitation of the liquidity index, which has an “in and out” mechanism, so it is difficult to seize opportunities on the market, having to respect it. We tried to do more, we had some opportunities that in terms of redundancies we were unable to to seize, there are still open markets, we are at the window to understand if there may be other exit opportunities. If we had been able to make other exits, you would have seen some other signings in the field but I am calm. We are not hopeful about the ranking, c “It's detailed planning, we think game by game, trying to give our best, like we did today. We just have to think about ourselves, the squad is very competitive, on the market without exits we can only sign a free agent but there's no rush to sign any one who doesn't add value, being confident about the squad.”
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