re: AS Roma 2013-14 / Serie A Thread

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Pallotta

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James Pallotta. He's club president, head of the American group that bought Roma 2 1/2 years ago.


He's a trust fund guy with ties to the sports investment group that owns the Celtics and Red Sox (and have some part of Roma now) et al. . .

Since he took over as president a year ago things are getting done at a surprising rate for Italy in general and shocking considering it's not in the north nor involves Juve.

Serie A big wigs have always been extremely resistant to foreign owners but hopefully what Palotta's doing for Roma will pave the way for new investors in some of the mid table clubs.

However, I have my doubts that Thohir (an Indonesian businessman) who just bought Inter will prove quite as savy. He also owns Washington DC's MLS club and I think and NBA franchise.

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Well, at least his last name is amicable-agreeable.

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His grandparents were Roman and he plays it up to the hilt.

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He manages the assets in the trust funds of various NBA and MLB players?

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I know he does for a few (Garnett for example which came out when Garnett expressed interest in investing in Roma when he retires and shows up for a match here and there) but I think Pallotta's dealings must be all over the place since he's seemingly one of the bigger trust fund guys around.

The main connection with the Celtics and Red Sox is that Pallotta's minor partners in Roma also own the Celtics and Red Sox (along with Liverpool).

Pallotta succeeding with some of his plans at Roma could be a huge boon for Serie A. The main reason is that it's so geared toward stadium revenue, marketing in Asia, corporate partners. None of this is my preferred reality but it's reality nonetheless and what Serie A (along with La Liga) will have to "catch up" on to not be fricked completely by the EPL financially in the next few years.

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I think that Singaporean (Peter Lim) is still dicking around with Valencia. Let´s hope something good happens for them.

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I hope so. I'm so tired of seeing all these clubs like Valencia (that are maybe a notch down but should be competitive with the richest clubs) having to sell their best players year after year.

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he starting 11 arrive to the pitch in chariot while the Ben Hur theme blares out across Roman ruins

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if this happens I drop everything and move to Rome to become an ultra.

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bah, Málaga was fricked by a rat bastard Arab.

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Yeah, but the key difference is between injecting cash just to buy some superstars and injecting it to build a stadium, expand the brand, set up youth squad type teams overseas etc.

For example, many think Pallotta's ultimate move may even be to sell Roma in 10 or so years for a massive profit after building the club's infrastructure instead of losing billions like PSG, Monaco, City, Chelsea.

Pallotta's keen on talking bottom line revenue and how to compete with EPL revenue while building a championship club.


The PSG ownership, for example, is looking at Cagliari but I'd pray they follow the Pallotta model if they buy: stadium, stores and shares before stars .

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The starting 11 arrive to the pitch in chariot while the Ben Hur theme blares out across Roman ruins



if this happens I drop everything and move to Rome to become an ultra.

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I'll quote you as reference in persuading the American owners to make me head of marketing.

I have so many other ideas. . .

Congrats, wm. How long has it been since Roma was in CL?