The long-awaited white smoke on the corporate front at Sampdoria should be arriving in these days, at least according to what is revealed The 19th Century taking stock of the situation which sees on one side the old property branded Ferrero, together with Gianluca Vidal, and on the other the new property branded Manfredi. The last signatures on the agreement reached in recent months, not without difficulty, should be placed between today and tomorrow by the lawyers of the parties involved.
“The lawyer Francesco De Gennaro of the Dla Piper firm played a key role for the new ownership. Who has dedicated a lot of time to the Sampdoria club for a year now. He wore the role of mediator and diplomat to mend the threads after the unexpected rupture on 10 April, at the hearing at the Court of Milan in front of judge Daniela Marconi (also fundamental in reaching a positive conclusion to this controversy). Professor Pieremilio Sammarco, Ferrero’s lawyer. As of yesterday evening, the fear of possible relaunches or last-minute second thoughts did not filter through, the last differences have been ironed out, some economic steps have been remodeled, we move towards the signatures. – we read in the Genoese newspaper – Which will be followed by a technical period in which it will be necessary to execute the agreements, subject to a whole series of fundamental preliminary obligations from which no one will be able to escape. And that will lead to the actual closure, which in a legal situation like this is also called closing. It will arrive in a few weeks, probably within two months.”
The former president will therefore sell all the shares in his possession and renounce future appeals or claims, signatures soon. It is news that also marks the beginning of that even more economically robust future for Sampdoria envisaged by the president Matteo Manfredi who denied that he is not looking for investors as he has the capital to complete the project which will have the objective of promotion to Serie A since a third year in a row in the second division would be difficult, if not impossible, to digest.