Sampdoria: two assists for the future come from the League and Qatar

An unexpected assist, a glimmer of light, waiting for very short-term news on the corporate front. Last Wednesday, the Lega Calcio approved a real Sampdoria-saving regulation, which will allow the immediate payment of a substantial part – around 40 percent – of the parachute due to teams relegated to Serie B. In the case of the blucerchiati, the global amount amounts to 25 million, and this first tranche in advance will allow the salaries of the members of the first quarter of 2023 to be paid by next Tuesday, the last day possible (approximately 12.5 million are needed). Otherwise, next season, Samp would have started with the burden of four penalty points. Under normal conditions, however, the rule provides that relegated clubs are paid 40 percent the day after the end of the championship (therefore on 5 June) and the remaining sixty within two weeks of the start of the new season. Here too, theoretically, in early August, given that the season will start on the weekend of August 19-20. But the Dorian club is interested in the immediate future, because in the meantime its future should be better outlined.

Double date

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The first shareholders’ meeting is scheduled for today. Next Monday – in the event that today’s call is deserted – the second call will be held. “We have no news – explained the president Lanna yesterday -. Professionals and consultants are at work to close the agreements and we hope that this will happen in a short time. I am cautious, but optimistic”. And on the two hypotheses on the horizon (the owner of Leeds, Radrizzani with Manfredi or Barnaba supported by the former president Garrone), Lanna doesn’t say too much: “It’s not a question of one or the other having an advantage. Let’s see who will offer the best conditions “. On the hypothesis of an entry into the first consortium with a minority share of Al Khelaifi (personal friend of Radrizzani), president of the PSG and head of the Qatar sports fund, Lanna was cautious: “You have to ask Radrizzani”. Something, however, is finally starting to move, even if apparently the two proposals travel on different levels. Barnaba, already in the corporate structure as a minority shareholder, would aim for a recapitalization to give Sampdoria oxygen in the medium term, but without releasing the club from the trust: around thirty million are needed to dissolve the bond. One way, that of dealing directly with the current owner of Sampdoria, which Radrizzani and Manfredi would not rule out a priori.

Upcoming deadlines

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Certainly, however, the possibility of immediately having the funds available to pay salaries makes the closure of a complex purchase or recapitalization operation less urgent, since it involves the creditor banks and all those subjects who are waiting to see the their fees. Until June 6th, Samp is protected by the shield of the negotiated settlement of the crisis. But it is legitimate to think that by that date the new era will have already begun for the club, which will have until June 20 to formalize registration for the new championship. The present instead tells of a maxi procession of fans which this afternoon will leave from the Corte Lambruschini headquarters (where the shareholders’ meeting is convened) to reach the Ferraris. The aim is to reiterate once more that this society cannot and must not disappear. And against Sassuolo, Stankovic’s team will bid farewell to their fans at the end of the most bitter season in the club’s history.