THE WOLF'S DEN - Tana dei Lupi II

[romawi]

that was actually pretty funny.

[Lupa]

Di Benedetto: 'Scudetto next year!'

Thomas Di Benedetto has outlined his ambitious plans. “We want to win the Scudetto next season and turn Roma from Princess to Queen.”

The Boston magnate is at the head of a conglomerate that will buy out 60 per cent of the club’s shares, leaving the other 40 to UniCredit bank.

“I love Rome, it’s one of the most wonderful and well-known cities in the world, with architecture built over 2000 years ago,” he told TG1 and Mediaset news.

“Roma are a great squad and the passion of their supporters is second to none. I tell the fans, Forza Roma!

“At the moment Roma are a Princess and we want to make her into a Queen. In reality, we’d like to win the Scudetto next season. The objective is clear: win the title as soon as possible.”

Di Benedetto is expected to make sweeping changes to the club over the summer, but noted there would still be a Giallorossi core.

“There are many players who impress me and we are already working on them, but our basic model of the team is already here. It’s Francesco Totti and his extraordinary career. He’s a magician.

“Vincenzo Montella is doing a great job. The situation was very difficult and it’s clear he has a great rapport with the players. He managed to remove that black cloud that was holding the team down.”

The American businessman said he would aim to restructure the Stadio Olimpico to take away the running track.

“It’s not just Roma, but all of Italian football who need new stadiums. They are crucial to get back to the levels of a few years ago. The stadium is an absolute priority for us.”

http://www.football-italia.net/mar31z.html

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[aba_bab]

First of all, I don't watch cricket

Second of all, you women need to stop whinging about our ownership... he's a frigging second generation Italian... my god, to read some of the comments over here (read Shield) and at the offside makes me think we just got Justin flippin Bieber as our new president. Give the guy a fucking chance... noone... NOONE can be as incompetent as Rosella Sensi. All Uncle Benni needs to do to win me over completely is ship cassetti out, and re-sign Mexes.

With regards to this ownership issue that is being made out to be a much larger deal then it actually is, here are my two cents:

This is based on the assumption that NESV is a private equity fund. Private Equity funds are typically structured where they are comprised of a number of high net worth individuals. For the most part, MOST of the investors are limited partners in the actual fund, where they will have committed a certain amount of capital towards the cumulative fund. Aside from the limited partners, there is usually one group which acts as the General Partner. This would be the individual, or group of individuals who would have unlimited liability for the funds, basically those who would be liable for any losses that the fund may incur, over the amount that was actually invested initially. It is also the General Partner who runs the fund, manages it, and pretty much has the last say in the functions of the fund as long as they are in line with the agreements that would have been agreed upon initially. In this case, limited partners clearly have no say in the running of the business, and thus can be considered to be acting in the same capacity as an individual investor who buys a stock in the company - they have no significant control over the running of the business, and this would seem to be the extent of the involvement of Di Benedetto in NESV, and so would easily fall within UEFA rules.

Besides, someone made a great point, there is no way on earth that such a successful consortium of businessmen would fail to see such an obvious red flag(if it were to be) during talks that have been going on for so long.

I can't wait till that bitch is done.

[ASR1927]

Oh yeah there's a football match on sunday night. Remember that?

So it looks like we are going to have a full house on Sunday night according to forzaroma.info! They are calling it the DiBenedetto effect. The last time we had a full house was against Inter last season! Far too long.

http://www.forzaroma.info/rassegna-stam ... none-.html

Our new presidente also payed a visit to the Roma Club Testaccio yesterday evening with Montali.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT6wyMlZ ... r_embedded

Let's start the new era the right way and beat Rubentus!

[maro]

Who's playing? Some leftovers from a prison break-out in Turin?

[RomaShield27]

[ASR1927]

[RomaShield27]

Show off. Nice one.

[RomaShield27]

We need to fill this page of this thread as quickly as possible. I cant take opening this page and seein that filth at the top. Its makin me sick.

Quick, post some shit. Maro is hockey-skirt wearing homo. Aba is a pansy.

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[ASR1927]

[RomaShield27]

[DavidP]

[RomaShield27]

is for Giovanni. I'm sure he'll enjoy reading through the very informative and accurate answers there.


probabili formazioni:




probabili formazioni:




New video celebrating Francesco's 201 Serie A gols. Well made as always, and the music is pretty cool.

[ASR1927]

According to all of the Roma sites DiBenedetto is on his way to Firenze to meet with Franco Baldini and apparently he met with Walter Sabatini last night. It looks like he is getting the management team together as the rumours have predicted in the press up to now. Exciting times Romanisti.
Uncredit have stated that they have set April 15th in Boston to be the official date that the papers are signed and the sale completed.


Forza Roma

[Italiamia]

[RomaShield27]

Well said, Giovanni, well said. But that remains to be seen. Of all the names which are going around at the moment, of all the latest mercato madness involving all the BS we've seen with players linked to us, how many of them are Italian? Its happened with nearly all the foreign-owned clubs in the Premiershit, and its the way with modern football: clubs who come into large amounts of money naturally look to buy the best they can which can improve them as a team, so it will be a delicate matter going forward, how many stranieri we buy and how much we look to keep the Roman and Italian identity of the team. It is an issue which we will have to deal with if this deal goes through. Baldini and Sabatini and an Italian manager, whoever it may be, may go a long way to decide what new players arrive, but that does not in anyway whatsoever guarantee that the club will be kept predominantly Italian/Roman.

Full 13 minute interview with Di Benedetto from Sport Mediaset (in english but has Italian voiceover, you can kinda actually make out both). Gives a good insight into the man, and I have to say he does know his stuff:

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Di Benedetto approaches Baldini

Roma's prospective new owner Thomas Di Benedetto has reportedly made contact with England general manager Franco Baldini.

It has been widely reported in the capital that Di Benedetto would like to bring Baldini back to the Roma to plan their strategy.

Baldini would reprise the position he held between 1999 and 2005, during which time Roma won the Scudetto.

He then followed Fabio Capello to Real Madrid and later to England.

Reports in Italy claim Di Benedetto spent Friday in Florence with his son and bumped into Baldini.

The pair apparently spoke for a few minutes, increasing speculation about his appointment.

Di Benedetto apparently broke a tooth during lunch and will cut short his visit to Italy.

He'll now return to the United States on Saturday rather than Sunday.

Source: http://www.football-italia.net/apr01u.html


i blame Italian bread, something about it makes it so damn hard

[RomaShield27]

Broke a tooth?? Wtf lol. Thats it, deals off, thats the end of him then, he's off back to the States. Phew.