An uncertain future for Omnia basketball Perruchon attempted to step back

Punto Edile cuts sponsorship, Scotti is not enough Basketball in Pavia risks losing Serie B

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Pavia’s basketball is likely to end its race, after a couple of years of good results and peaceful sailing.

Gianni Perruchon, the president of the main basketball club, Omnia Pavia, summoned the journalists for 6pm today at the PalaRavizza.

It is not the first time, unfortunately, that the owner of Omnia – the one who brought the basketball team from Lungavilla to Pavia, making it grow from the Promotion to the Serie B – announces that there are problems for the future.

a good year

Only last summer it seemed that things were working well and the result was that Pavia reached game 5 of the play off semifinal, rekindling the fire of passion not only among the fans, but also in the city, because the memory of Oscar and Serie A has never died in Pavia. After the championship ride, silence fell on the future of the Pavia team. There is actually movement behind the scenes.

a first offer

When he smelled that things were not going well, an old acquaintance of basketball from Pavia and Bologna came forward, one who has always put a great passion in what he did, the former play of Bologna and Pavia Dante Anconetani. After a few years’ experience in the city of Bologna, Anconetani returned to Pavia. He met the leaders of the Pavia-based company and said he was willing to move to find not only further sponsors, but also to check if anyone is willing to join the company.

Perruchon, in fact, seems to be willing to stay still within Omnia, even if no longer as a majority shareholder, perhaps with a minimum stake. Last week he would have met the partners of Punto Edile – formally second sponsor, actually first of last season – who would seem willing to remain but only in the role of sponsor, without involvement in society and also with a lower outlay than what happened in the last few years. two years.

the reason for the dissent

Among the reasons given by Punto Edile there would be the non-sharing of the choices made by the current president, Lele Caserio. The Riso Scotti issue is also on the table. President Dario Scotti in one of the last meetings with the team and managers from Pavia had said that he would gladly remain as main sponsor for next season as well, not to mention the budget, which would be a few tens of thousands of euros. Few especially compared to those paid in the last two years by Punto Edile (formally second sponsor). The Pavia executives would like greater involvement both in the company and as a sponsor. The issue of guaranteeing the federation remains to be addressed, but in case of continuation it would be enough not to withdraw last year’s one.

At this point – this afternoon – Gianni Perruchon could be tempted to launch an appeal for new sponsors but also to have figures willing to join the company come forward by taking over the majority of the shares that are in his hands. But we will only know the whole truth this afternoon. –