FORMER ITALIAN PRIME minister Silvio Berlusconi has returned to football club ownership by buying third division Monza, his Fininvest holding company said on Friday.
“Fininvest S.p.A. today finalised the acquisition of 100 percent of the shares of SS Monza 1912,” Fininvest said.
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Berlusconi’s wealth propelled AC Milan to eight Serie A titles in the 1980s and 1990s and they were European champions three times under his ownership, in 1989, 1990 and 1994.
But the 81-year-old sold his majority stake in AC Milan in April 2017.
The Fininvest statement said Adriano Galliani, who was Berlusconi’s right-hand man at AC Milan, will play a leading role at Monza, who are in Serie C.
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The Dolphins QBs are going to take some hammering this season behind what’s left of their offensive line. I was reading elsewhere that the Texans never negotiated a salary with Tunsil before the trade went through. Almost guaranteed they have to give him a massive long-term contract with the leverage he has over them now. The mess they made of trying to poach Caserio from the Patriots to be GM coming back to haunt them.
@john smyth: Texans are dysfunctional but I think they won after all these trades. Franchise left tackles are hard to come by and franchise QBs are even harder to come by. The Texans now have both. They needed to keep Watson healthy long term and not turn into the luck fiasco with the colts. The dolphins got a nice haul also. Will allow them to take tua and some lineman in the draft.
@#JUSTICE4NOEL: True. And they got Clowney out the door as well, something they needed to do even if they didn’t get huge riches for him.
@#JUSTICE4NOEL: Tunsil isn’t a great left tackle but the Dolphins got a great price for him. Texans should have gone after Trent Williams from the Redskins. Watching whether the Dolphins #TankForTua or #TankForTrevor over the next 2 years will be interesting to say the least!!
@Alan Boyle: Tunsil is a top 5 left tackle
@#JUSTICE4NOEL: they gave up more than the bears gave up for mack. While tunsil is an upgrade, he is not a generational player.. not even close.
To the Dolphins credit, if your gonna tank, you might as well go all out and make sure you get Tua, rather than risking winning 3/4 games and missing out
@Taos Hum: With the picks they have, it’s very tempting to wait for Trevor Lawrence. Trading down with a QB needy team and drafting Jerry Jeudy next year would be a great scenario. Definitely risky though
@Gary: Hard to sell two years of tanking though to fans, players and coaches. Get Tua and start building around him with all the picks they have.