Roma ready for Russian revolution "Buyers" - TalkSoccer

**Jager** · 29-02-2004, 11:14 AM

Fabio Capello has publicly welcomed the imminent arrival of Russian investors in AS Roma as the takeover could be completed on Sunday.

“Anyone who brings fresh funds into Italian football is very welcome indeed,” said the Giallorossi Coach, “as we all need this to revitalise the system.”

“The important thing is that these investors are serious about making a commitment to the club. From what I have seen, the Russians fit the bill.”

The reports of oil giants Nafta Moskva buying up AS Roma have been continually denied by official club sources, but many believe that mere details remain before the deal can be completed.

The Board of Directors meeting planned for this week has been postponed until Sunday and it’s expected that President Franco Sensi will give his consent to the takeover during that assembly.

Nafta Moskva are reportedly ready to immediately plough £28m into the club coffers to help pay off debts and get the wages up to date.

The first priorities will be to extend Emerson, Jonathan Zebina and Francesco Totti’s contracts, before looking to the summer transfer strategy.

Italian newspapers already maintain that the main targets will be Edgar Davids – who is on loan at Barcelona but out of contract in July – and unsettled Inter hitman Christian Vieri.

**Jager** · 01-03-2004, 10:39 AM

Its dead...

“We were effectively in the final stages of the talks,” explained the lawyer, “but the news of the police investigation frightened them off, as the Russians were ready to invest a lot of money into this deal.”

“Initially the sum was going to be in the region of £275m, but within a year it would have been as much as £480m. They were worried and wanted guarantees that this investigation would be over with quickly, but obviously we couldn’t do that.”

This week a police investigation into the finances of Italian football clubs saw documents taken from all the Serie A and B headquarters for inspection.

“The Russians would have come to Italy for promotional purposes,” revealed Trifiro’, “but with this whole affair they could have been sucked into some negative publicity, so they decided to give up on the bid.”

Rosa · 01-03-2004, 06:27 PM

i know, i am so annoyed at them :x :x

Adnan · 01-03-2004, 06:56 PM

Which name is more suitable? Giallo-Russi or AS Romanski? :thumbsup:

Rosa · 01-03-2004, 08:40 PM

or giallo-bankrupt

Alessandro10 · 02-03-2004, 02:23 AM

The last one!!!

:thumbsup:

Rosa · 02-03-2004, 06:41 PM

not funny!

(though quite witty on my part

)

**Jager** · 02-03-2004, 08:59 PM

This has to get resolved, sometime or another. There has to be somebody else in the pipeline?

Rosa · 02-03-2004, 09:26 PM

umm i think there are 2 possible Roma fan/millionaire types.

However the future looks foggy.

Alessandro10 · 03-03-2004, 12:25 PM

Life with out the great Roma!!!

I think i like it!!!!

Rosa · 03-03-2004, 05:07 PM

no you'd miss us. the 4-0 thrashings etc.

acmaniac · 04-03-2004, 12:23 AM

Oh man i like the idea of keeping Roma alive but to be bought out by an Russian, i mean sure its an Italian team but i really woulden't want another Real or Chelsea in the Serie A that would really suck. They just woulden't be Italian anymore.

**Jager** · 04-03-2004, 09:30 AM

Who cares? As long as the team survives, that's the important thing.

Rosa · 04-03-2004, 04:54 PM

exactly jager, and with Baldini and Capello i don't thinkRoma would have done a 'chelski'.

But there's no point talking about it now anyway