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Monday, 28 March 2011

Roma close to takeover, claim reports

American business Thomas Di Benedetto is believed to be close to securing a takeover deal for Serie A club AS Roma.

Di Benedetto landed in Rome on Monday for exclusive negotiations with Roma’s holding company Italpetroli and stakeholder Unicredit bank.The reported US$108 million bid from Di Benedetto – an investor in Liverpool owners New England Sports Venture – is believed to be favoured over four other offers to purchase the club.”Our aim is to make Roma one of the top clubs in the world,” Di Benedetto told Gazzetta dello Sport.”We want a team that the city will always be proud of, but of course this will take time.”"Rome is a wonderful city and for us to be able to represent it in the world is a great opportunity.”Roma’s widely-reported financial concerns – the club are believed to hold debts of up to US$56 million – are set to worsen if the club misses out on lucrative qualification for the Champions League.Vincenzo Montella’s side are sixth in the table, six points behind Udinese in the last Champions League qualification berth.”We all hope that Roma qualifies for the Champions League,” Di Benedetto said. “Roma have recently recovered after a difficult period. But they still lack continuity.”Di Benedetto is believed to represent several other NESV board members interested in purchasing up to 67 percent of the club.”They’re my friends, they’re all successful businessmen or managers with the necessary economic resources for this deal,” Di Benedetto said.”James Pallotta, one of the owners of the Boston Celtics, will provide his sports knowledge and he has already carefully evaluated the club’s potential.”"Michael Ruane has had a successful career in investments funds and real estate and his involvement will mostly regard the plan for the new stadium.”"Richard D’Amore is an expert in new media and will help us develop in that area.”

Mon 28 March, 2011

Roma close to takeover, claim reports

American business Thomas Di Benedetto is believed to be close to securing a takeover deal for Serie A club AS Roma.

Mon 28 March, 2011

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

11 games for Wolves to claim salvation

By: DJ | February 23rd, 2011
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WOLVES 13 GD 10 They say the league table doesn’t lie. Well early in the season it might do as things settle down but if a team is bottom after 27 games then it’s difficult to argue that they don’t deserve to be there. So why are Wolves bottom and why should we believe they can finish above three teams come the season end?

For me the reason they are bottom is one obvious reason and one tactical failing. The obvious reason is that their away record is appalling. 14 games played, won 1, drawn 2, lost 11 and scored only 10. That is the worst away record in the league by some distance and it’s difficult to imagine Wolves staying up just by getting points from home games. I think they will need to find at least one more win away. My strong opinion is that Wolves are too cautious in their approach on their travels.

The second reason for them struggling, which is connected to the poor away record, is that McCarthy and Connor have not found the solution to the dilemna that Wolves rarely look like scoring when they play one up front but look too open when they play two strikers. Doyle is by far the best suited of the strikers to play the lone role but because he does so much good work outside the penalty area he rarely gets scoring opportunities. And Wolves have nobody amongst their midfield or wide players that looks likely to get more than 3 or 4 goals a season, unless O’Hara can change that.

All of those arguments point to Wolves being likely to go down. And yet the fact is that it is looking increasingly likely that 38 points, a point a game over the season, may will be enough to stay up. Wolves are just 2 points off a point a game and over the last 1/3 of a season they have got 16 points from the last 13 games. So there is an argument for saying that Wolves will not have to improve their form to stay up, just keep at the level they have been at since the end of November.

The defensive line of Hennessey, Zubar, Stearman, Berra and Elokobi are only conceding at an average of one goal a game. That puts them on a par with the best teams in the division. So it is all about the goals scored record that is holding Wolves back. They must now of course start beating the lesser teams but their has to be encouragement that all the games against the top teams are behind them, and no other team in the relegation battle can say that.

It’s clearly going to be a close call and a defeat at Molineux on Saturday would make even the most positive of Wolves fans think that will mean Championship football next season. But spare a thought for Albion. They have had their great chance to get back on the survival track as their last two games were at home to West Ham and Wolves – and they didn’t win either of them. If Wolves can win on Saturday and Albion lose their next game at Stoke then Wolves will be above their rivals at last, just a week later than we hoped.

Finally it’s great news that Michael Kightly rejoins full training on Monday. If all goes to plan he will be loaned out for a month and then might even have a role with Wolves before the season is out. Lets hope he can get back to full fitness and playing again. If he does then he will be a major boost for next season. A midfield player that scores and creates goals – exactly what we need.

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Monday, 28 March 2011

Roma close to takeover, claim reports

Roma close to takeover, claim reports

Wednesday, 23 February 2011

11 games for Wolves to claim salvation

Tuesday, 22 February 2011

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