Genoa is no longer Enrico Preziosi. To mark the end of an era that began 18 years ago, are the signatures in front of the notary in Milan with which the oldest football club in Italy officially became the property of the American holding 777 Partners.
The now former rossoblu patron met the representatives of the company, including the manager Andres Blazquez, and signed the last deed that decreed the passage of 99.89% of the shares.
For the time being, Preziosi will remain on the club’s board of directors without operational proxies, but to look after relations with football institutions: Professor Alberto Zangrillo, former head of San Raffaele in Milan and personal physician of the former will sit in the chair of president. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
The first signatures had arrived on 22 September last and had formalized a negotiation underway since June. However, the new ownership had already established itself, also moving on the technical level with the exoneration of Davide Ballardini and the choice of Andrij Shevchenko as the new technician. After 18 years, the Preziosi era officially ends, the king of toys bought Genoa in 2003, saving them from bankruptcy directly from the Treviso court.