The rossonero patron after the meeting with thai in Milan: "serious person". The
broker: "We are working on the details". Then have lunch in the same restaurant
for Maldini, but in different tables. Fininvest formalizes the proposal: "The
collaboration provides for the acquisition of a minority stake"
Waiting in the history of Milan there will certainly be, but it seems not so
epochal: Silvio Berlusconi has met Bee Taechaubol at the Hotel Park Hyatt Milan
and at the end of the summit has suggested the hypothesis of remain majority
shareholder of the club. His was, in fact, they do not close. "There is a
possibility that i will maintain the 51 % ", he said at the end of the summit.
In addition to the its declarations, and what filters also from his entourage:
the president at the moment he has the determination to remain in command. In
the new Milan, in any case, it will still him president, as he himself has
confirmed, and the current a.d. , the daughter Barbara and Adriano Galliani,
will remain in company, while the bottom Doyen will be advisor on the market for
Mr Bee.
BERLUSCONI - "My concern is that the Milan lathes protagonist in Italy, in
Europe and in the world - has said the president at the end of the meeting -
I've found in mister Bee (in reality is a small slip and pronunciation Mr. Lee,
representative of the consortium chinese, n.d.r. ) a person absolutely serious
that has adhered to all those that were the technical requirements that are
prodromal to the drafting of agreements and the contract. With mister Bee we
have become friends and we think we can do good things continuing in our report.
The operation would allow the brand of the Milan, that between the football
clubs and the most well-known to the world, to have a marketing in the Asian
countries and this is a project where we are working on. It's all in debate: is
there a possibility that i will maintain the 51 %. We are meeting in a few time
to be able to define every aspect with regard to the future of Milan. For me,
and a bargain to heart, too important, that leaves absolutely from normal
relations with companies. If rest president? Yes".
MR. BEE - The thai has met around 5am the next morning Licia Ronzulli, the
former MEP who has done as a mediator in the bargain, then waited for the
arrival of Berlusconi in hotel: the meeting began at 11.20 a.m. and lasted about
twenty minutes. "I want to thank the chairman for the opportunity. It is a great
honor to be part of the family Milan: it is the greatest club. I'll be back in
Thailand in a few hours, but i hope to be able to conclude as soon as possible.
There are still a bunch of things on which we have to work, there are still
several details to be announced and we will continue to work together: we will
take a little more time". In thai remains vague on digit ( "i cannot go into
details") and on the future leadership ( "Maldini? Come out many things, I have
not spoken with anyone as regards the sporty side, we will examine together what
to do for the good of the club" ). Only one case, then, that the two have had
lunch in the same restaurant, but in different tables: sitting with Mr Bee there
was instead should like first Lucas, owner of the fund Doyen Sports that looks
after the interests of a series of players, including Falcao, Kondogbia and
Brahimi. The two, together, had a meeting with the lawyers for the Belgioioso,
probably to discuss some details of the operation Milan. For the brokers, in
fact, is the last act of his business trip to Milan: has already left the hotel
Park Hyatt before lunch, will fly in Thailand. AND will return soon in Italy to
rewrite another piece of history.
THE PRESS RELEASE - Shortly after 18, Fininvest through a press release has
formalized the proposal of Mr Bee. Here is the full text: "THE Milan meeting
with Mr. Bee has been positive - law -. Were discussed central themes for the
future of the club such as, for example, the exploitation and the marketing of
the brand in Asian countries, where you can give a strong and decisive impetus
to develop revenues and find so those financial resources we need to set up a
technical project and sports stating the club to the vertices of the Italian
football, European and world. The collaboration proposal, yet to be defined in
many points, provides for the acquisition by a consortium of financial a
minority stake and that the control of the club remains firmly in the hands of
the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Fininvest".