The Roma club announced today, Monday, that its holding company is holding talks with a group led by American billionaire Daniel Friedken to sell the competing club in the Italian Serie A, but the parties have not reached any formal agreement yet.
"Any agreement with the Friedken Group is conditional on the positive outcome of the technical examination procedures of the Roma group," the club said in a statement.
The Financial Times reported today that a coalition of companies led by Friedken is on his way to buy Roma for 750 million euros, including debts in a record evaluation of a club in the Italian first division.
The newspaper pointed out that the American investors have put plans that give priority to building a new stadium for the team, knowing that the club shares the Olympic stadium with Lazio.
The shares of Rome, which has been controlled by a group of American investors since 2011, rose by more than 9% in the beginning of trading in Milan.
The Club of Rome was the first Italian club to transfer ownership to foreigners, and opened the door to other foreign owners who stormed the Italian market, and the most prominent deals were those related to the sale of the poles Milan and Inter.