Salernitana, Danilo Iervolino new owner: confirmed by the FIGC

Danilo Iervolino, 43, originally from Palma Campania, in the province of Naples, is the new owner of Salernitana: “I will do everything to save the club, I will focus on young people and the growth of the club”. He has the task of leading the company after the ten-year management of Lotito-Mezzaroma. “In ten days Salernitana will be able to change ownership”, said the FIGC president Gravina after the last Federal Council.

He was right because a few minutes before midnight yesterday, the trustees involved in managing the transfer of ownership of the Campania club in recent months, communicated to the football federation the acceptance of the binding proposal which, on the morning of the last day of 2021, the Neapolitan entrepreneur had sent to Melior and Widar Trust.

To confirm the conclusion of the operation, the lawyer Giancarlo Viglione, head of the legislative office of the football federation, who even on the last day to sanction the transfer of ownership of Salernitana (the only solution to avoid exclusion from the Campania championship) followed the evolution of the delicate affair. Iervolino was the founder and president of the Pegaso Telematic University.

Last September Iervolino had sold the remaining 50% of its shares to the CVC Fund. Two days ago the new owner of Salernitana acquired 51% of Bfc Media, a group active in the information sector. With the acceptance of the proposal formulated by Iervolino (investment of just under twenty million euros) the football federation will grant forty-five days of extension to define the operation. A narrow escape for Salernitana who will be able to play again in Serie A with the aim of redeeming the first disappointing part of the season that ended in last place in the standings.