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Monday, 1 August, 2022

InterviewFootball
Serie A head warns foreign buyers not to put short-term profit over long-term investment
Lorenzo Casini says Italy’s top football clubs need new stadiums if they are to close gap with European rivals
Friday, 20 May, 2022

European companies
Investcorp out of race to buy AC Milan after talks with Elliott collapse
Rival bidder RedBird the lead contender to acquire Serie A’s top football club
Saturday, 19 February, 2022

Inter Milan chief says Chinese owners remain committed to club
Alessandro Antonello calls for more investment to compete with English rivals
Friday, 27 August, 2021

Football
Cristiano Ronaldo set for Manchester United return
Premier League club agrees deal to re-sign former player from Juventus
Thursday, 15 April, 2021

Italian football at war over €1.6bn private equity deal
Serie A boss Paolo Dal Pino faces no confidence motion from top clubs over his role in proposed stake sale
Friday, 26 March, 2021

Italy’s Serie A accepts €2.5bn DAZN bid to become top broadcaster
Blavatnik-owned sports streaming service to screen most of competition’s matches between 2021 and 2024
Thursday, 25 March, 2021

Football
Italy’s Serie A in last-ditch talks over €2.5bn TV deal
Clubs must decide by Monday whether to accept bid from DAZN or lower offer from Sky
Tuesday, 1 December, 2020

Kyle Krause
US tycoon quits petrol stations for glory at Italian football club Parma
Kyle Krause steps back from Midwest chain Kum & Go to focus on his Serie A acquisition
Friday, 13 November, 2020

Football
CVC and Advent seek super league ‘breakaway’ clause on Serie A deal
Private equity looks to protect investment in Italian football from new European project
Tuesday, 13 October, 2020

Football
CVC and Advent win backing from Italian clubs in battle for Serie A
Private equity groups secure votes for €1.6bn deal over football league’s broadcasting rights
Monday, 14 September, 2020

Parma football club poised for sale to America’s Krause family
Retail billionaires set to join string of US investors in Serie A in deal that could value club above €100m
Wednesday, 26 August, 2020

Football
Buyout groups team up in €13bn battle for Italy’s Serie A
CVC and Advent seek to win over clubs sceptical about handing control to private equity
Saturday, 25 July, 2020

Scoreboard
Scoreboard: The battle to buy a football league: Private equity contest for Italy’s Serie A Premium content
This week in the business of sport: the $2bn NBA investment blueprint, “evil” parachute payments in English football, and more
Thursday, 23 July, 2020

Football
Private equity groups tackle challenge to relaunch Serie A
CVC, Bain and Advent among those to submit offers as they eye Italian football’s growing TV revenues
Saturday, 13 June, 2020

AS Roma SpA
Owners of AS Roma seek new buyers after collapse of €750m sale
Deal for Italian football club fails as impact of virus-induced fixtures suspension bites
Friday, 12 June, 2020

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European football clubs’ route to easy borrowing under threat
Revenue hit from pandemic risks cutting access to ‘factoring’ deals
Friday, 15 May, 2020

CVC and Italy’s Serie A in exclusive talks over €2.2bn deal
Buyout group and football league discuss control of media rights and infrastructure fund
Tuesday, 5 May, 2020

Football
CVC and Blackstone in talks to invest in Italian football league
Private equity firms in separate discussions to back coronavirus-hit Serie A
Monday, 8 July, 2019

Football
Serie A offered €1.15bn-a-year Spanish TV partnership
Italy’s top football league seeks to keep pace with European rivals
Friday, 22 March, 2019

LexFootball
Football: Italy pandas to China Premium content
European clubs will find ways to make money from Chinese enthusiasm for the beautiful game
Friday, 22 March, 2019

Sport
Italy’s top football league in talks to hold match in China
Plans part of efforts by Rome and Beijing to cement ties during Xi’s visit
Thursday, 12 July, 2018

Sport
BT loses UK rights to screen Italian football
Ambitious rival Eleven Sports to broadcast Serie A games as well as La Liga
Wednesday, 13 June, 2018

Sport
DAZN to screen Italian football’s top league
Streaming service’s deal for Serie A games is latest challenge to broadcasters
Sunday, 28 January, 2018

European companies
Uefa vice-president urges overhaul of Italian football
Federation chief says clubs will miss out on foreign investment and global revenues
Tuesday, 16 January, 2018

Sport
Football’s big spenders prop up smaller rivals
Teams depend on selling players as broadcast rights fuel revenues at top-tier rivals