2018/19 Calcio Saga

The 2018/19 Italian Supercup  between Juventus and @acmilan is to be played in Saudi Arabia in January 2019

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— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) June 6, 2018

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The 2018/19 Italian Supercup between Juventus and @acmilan is to be played in Saudi Arabia in January 2019

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— JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) June 6, 2018

TeleLombardia claim that Genoa patron Enrico Preziosi is ready to buy up 20 per cent of Milan before becoming majority shareholder.

The club needs new investors after UEFA refused a settlement agreement and could still exclude the club from the Europa League.

Yonghong Li needs to pay back the loan to Elliott Management in October, which with interest is €380m.

According to TeleLombardia, Genoa President Preziosi is prepared to pay €150m to buy up 20 per cent of the Milan shares.

Over the course of two years, he would spend a total of €330m to buy 51 per cent of the club.

If he were to do this, Preziosi would need to sell Genoa, as he cannot own two clubs in the same division.

He has been the subject of protests from the Grifone ultras, who maintain he sells all their best players.

Preziosi is a controversial figure who started his own business and turned it into an empire.

He has been in football since 1993, involved with Saronno, Como and from 2003 Genoa.

Genoa were relegated to Serie C1 in 2005 due to a match-fixing scandal.

Preziosi has regularly done business with Milan over the years, exchanging numerous players on loan, and has a close rapport with ex-Rossoneri CEO Adriano Galliani.

Nine people involved in the construction of Roma’s new stadium have been arrested for alleged acts of corruption.

Gazzetta dello Sport reports the arrests have come as part of a criminal investigation by the Public Prosecutors’ Office in Rome.

Among those detained are stadium contractor Luca Parnasi, Vice-President of Lazio Regional Council Adriano Palozzi and Luca Lanzalone, President of energy and water supply company Acea.

It comes just a day after mayor Virginia Raggi tweeted the stadium, tentatively named Stadio della Roma and which is due to be built over the former Tor di Valle racecourse, was getting ‘closer and closer’.

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— Bologna Fc 1909 (@BfcOfficialPage) June 13, 2018

Roma President James Pallotta released a statement assuring they “are not expecting any substantial delays” to the Stadio della Roma project even after nine arrests.

This morning, nine people were detained “in connection with an investigation into aspects of the Tor di Valle project,” including contractor Luca Parnasi, but none of them are current Roma employees.

“AS Roma president Jim Pallotta is confident the Stadio della Roma project will move forward without issue, despite events on Wednesday morning,” read a statement.

“We’re saddened and dismayed by today’s allegations and arrests. As the prosecutor categorically stated earlier, AS Roma has nothing to do with this.

“Also, contrary to what was reported in some places, the arrests do not involve the stadium contractor for Stadio della Roma and are actually nothing to do with the construction of the stadium or the entertainment complex.

“Now we fully expect to move forward with the project and we are not expecting any substantial delays.”

However, the Codacons – a consumer protection agency – called for the immediate suspension of the project.

Prosecutor Paolo Ielo confirmed in a Press conference that “Roma have nothing to do with it, the systematic corruption continues within and around the Parnasi group.

“The charges are associating to commit a crime, traffic of influence, corruption and illicit financing. There is money circulating and non-existent billing. There is a new type of bribe: hiring family members or friends.

“(Former assessor and regional councillor) Michele Civita was promised that his son would be hired by the Parnasi group, in one of Palozzi’s businesses.”