Foreign ownership is reshaping Italian football with almost 25% of professional clubs now controlled by overseas investors, the majority coming from the USA.
Serie B side Monza have become the latest Italian club controlled by foreign owners, as New York-based venture capital firm Beckett Layne Ventures confirmed on Thursday that they had acquired an 80% stake in the Brianzoli.
Nearly 25% Italian football clubs have foreign owners
As reported by TMW, nearly 25% of professional Italian football clubs are now owned by foreign investors, and most of them come from the USA.
Over half of Serie A clubs are now under foreign ownership. Among them are giants like Milan, Inter and Roma. In total, American investors hold controlling stakes in eight teams at the top level of Italian football.
Monza, Cesena, Spezia, Venezia, Juve Stabia, Padova and Palermo are the Serie B clubs controlled by foreign investors. Four of them, Monza, Cesena, Spezia and Venezia, have American owners, while two have controlling stakes in Serie C sides Campobasso and Triestina.
Every Italian club owned by foreign groups
Serie A (11 clubs from 20)
Inter (Oaktree, USA)
Milan (RedBird, USA)
Atalanta (Pagliuca, USA)
Roma (Friedkin, USA)
Fiorentina (Commisso, USA)
Bologna (Saputo, Canada)
Como (Hartono, Indonesia)
Parma (Krause, USA)
Genoa (Sucu, Romania)
Pisa (Knaster, USA)
Hellas Verona (Presidio, USA)
Serie B (7 clubs from 20)
Monza (Beckett Layne, USA)
Cesena (JRL, USA)
Spezia (RAM, USA)
Venezia (Niederauer, USA)
Juve Stabia (Brera, Republic of Ireland)
Padova (J4A, Luxembourg)
Palermo (City Group, United Arab Emirates)
Serie C (6 clubs from 60)
Campobasso (North Sixth, USA)
Triestina (House of Doge, USA)
Pro Vercelli (Bridge Football, Netherlands)
Catania (Pelligra, Australia)
Livorno (Esciua, Brazil)
Perugia (Faroni, Argentina)
Most of the Americans are useless.
They are there to make money off the clubs. Look how much profit Milan made in transfers this summer.