Four English Premiership clubs (soon to be 3 with relegated Derby County) are currently owned by Americans with a fifth, Arsenal, having an American minority stakeholder. The American ownership is a new trend but so far has been mostly confined to England.
Now, it looks like another American is making a play for a big European club, but not in England. Financier George Soros is said to be interested in purchasing AS Roma.
Roma, facing ManU in the second leg of a quarterfinal Champions League tie today, and its parent company are rumored to have a large amount of debt and are looking for a bailout. Roma fans are opposed to foreign ownership but Soros thinks they are dumb and gullible.
From the article:
If the talks go well, Soros is then expected to launch an immediate takeover bid. In order to soften up Roma fans, who are against foreign ownership, the 78-year-old has spoken in glowing terms of Francesco Totti.If Soros does end up purchasing the club, I can't wait to see how the leftist activist interacts with noted conservative politician and AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi.“Totti is simply a phenomenon. I like him very much,” he said.
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I can't wait to see how Bill O'Reilly turns this into some sort of Soros-funded plot to Frenchify America by making us watch gay-ass soccer.
Random fact: Soros contributes signficantly to measures aimed at legalizing marijuana.
is that the best picture they could get of this guy?
sweet mary mother of jesus.
Random, very boring, fact 2: You can thank George Soros for the financial dominance of the EPL over the continental leagues.
@ian: i wasn't looking for a good photo of Mr. Soros, but I must add...I really didn't find any where he didn't look bad to some degree.
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