From http://thecitytalking.com/sport/2014/2/6/leeds-united-latest-cellino-sells-c agliari-by-text
Reports in Italy say that Massimo Cellino has sold Serie A club Cagliari, with confirmation coming from Cellino via text message. That continues a theme for Cellino, who says a text message from Leeds chairman Salah Nooruddin on Friday told him, "Congratulation. You are now the new owner of Leeds." Corriere dello Sport report <http://www.corrieredellosport.it/calcio/serie_a/cagliari/2014/02/06-349865/ Un+sms+di+Cellino%3A+%C2%ABVendo+il+Cagliari%C2%BB> (via Google Translate, to be honest) that: The text message arrived from Miami to 5.52 hours Italian. "22 years dreaming the impossible. I am a poor romantic dreamer, excuse me if I did not succeed. I pretty much sold Cagliari, now when the lawyers of the buyers will have assurances from the mayor [of Cagliari, ed] that will compete in the games where they sign and pay tomorrow. They're good people, but I'm afraid that "sbrunchino" [Who trample the muzzle, dialect, ed] with our sad reality. Night ." (The parts in square brackets are clarifications from Corriere's editor.) The question asked in the Corriere report and in other stories coming from Italy is who Cagliari has been sold to; the Qatari foundation, sponsors of Barcelona and PSG, were believed to be in the running, but talk had turned to an "American company rather powerful dealing with the construction of large stadiums" over the last day. Corriere also suggest the two bids could merge. The latest information about the sale in Cagliari newspaper L'Unione Sarda, posted yesterday morning, says (again, translated by the power of Google): Arabs. No, Americans. Cagliari president Massimo Cellino The changes course and comes with an American company selling the club. Cellino would have even returned to the substantial down-payment on behalf of the Qatar fundation, who in recent days had given in pole position to acquire the company rossoblù. But now an American company specializing in the deal would enter into the construction of stadiums. All the details in the Sarda on newsstands today, in an article by Henry Pilia. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
