The change of ownership of Sampdoria really took place around 20 Marchbut instead of a Middle Eastern landowner from an excellent family, Ferrero has arrived, or rather returned.
The redistribution of the shares of HM, the srl which controls SSH which in turn controls UC Sampdoria, which sees the daughter Vanessa (in the photo, with her father and nephew Giorgio hand over the majority to the former president Massimo) marks a turning point, given that the Viperetta had never had a direct role of control, so much so that among the findings made against him by the Paola Public Prosecutor’s Office is the method of running companies through nominees.
At the Lambruschini Court they took note of the redistribution of shares in the Ferrero family, which could herald a renewal of the Board of Directors in the sense of a formal restoration of the structures prior to the arrests of 6 December 2021, all within the framework of the negotiated settlement of the company crisis which should end in early June. To all intents and purposes, the former president has the right to personally convene a new assembly to renew or integrate the governance of the Sampdoria club.
But the expectations of the current managers also and above all concern the role of the FIGC, always a passive and – it would seem – disinterested spectator, compared to the fate of a highly prestigious team expressed by a joint-stock company that invoices tens of millions and is in fact controlled by the owner of a share of 27,500 euros in a limited liability company with share capital of 50 thousand euros. An owner who, in addition to the two civil composition procedures relating to companies in his group, has a legal proceeding underway in Calabria, for which in the light of the charges (numerous corporate crimes) the investigating judge of Paola had decided to apply the measure of disqualification from business activity for a period of one year.
The Football Federation had nothing to say three years ago, when UC Sampdoria was included in a trust set up to guarantee other situations completely unrelated to football. Maybe nothing happens this time either. Meanwhile, Lanna and the other councilors continue to work to save the company. With one more problem.
