Thursday 18 August, 2011
Roma takeover finally complete



Roma are in American hands after a group of investors led by Thomas Di Benedetto officially took control of the outfit.

The Boston businessman put pen to paper on the agreement this afternoon after flying to Italy to conclude negotiations.

Di Benedetto’s consortium have handed over approximately $100m to the Unicredit bank for a 60 per cent share.

Unicredit, who took the club from the Sensi family as part of a debt settlement agreement, will keep a 40 per cent share in the Italian side.

Roma thus become the first Serie A club to have foreign owners with a controlling stake.

Anyone else notice that it's been made official the day after the anniversary of Franco Sensi's passing? If we were in need of any sign indicating that this is the beginning of a new era, that was it...

Glad to see this finally get done. The team could really use some support from Di Benedetto now. Heard he's gonna be at the game today so that should be nice to see.

FINALLY IN GOLDEN LETTERS

DAJE Presidente !!!