ミランはベルルスコーニの手を放れていく

天網恢々疎にして洩らさずというが、存在してはならないクラブであるミランは存亡の危機に立たされている。権力者のため、ミランのための法律を作って平然としていたベルルスコーニが所有するフィニンヴェスト社に、CIR社に対して７億5000万ユーロ(約976億9000万円)の損害賠償支払いを命じる判決が下ったことで、クラブ売却しか方法がないと言われているのだ。

Albanian magnate prepared to pay 700mln euros for Milan(Reuters)

MILAN, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Albanian oil magnate Rezart Taci would have "no problem" in shelling out 700 million euros to buy AC Milan if owner Silvio Berlusconi decided to sell, he told Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport.

Speculation that Berlusconi will sell has increased since a Milan administrative court ruled the Italian premier's holding company, Fininvest, must pay 750 million euros ($1.11 billion) to rival CIR for bribing a judge in a 1990s battle to buy Italy's biggest publisher Mondadori.

Fininvest has repeatedly denied Berlusconi has any intention to sell. Arab investors have also been linked to the club.

"(Spending 700 million euros) is no problem," Taci said in an interview published in Wednesday's La Gazzetta dello Sport.

"My group is used to taking on big commitments and seeing them through to the end. I'm sure I can find the necessary financing."

The 700 million euros figure matches analysts' valuation of seven-times European champions Milan, who are struggling to find form.

Taci said he had talked to Berlusconi about buying the club.

"He told me that he does not intend to sell, but I know that if he decided to, he would take my proposal into consideration."

Taci said he would be happy to buy the club outright or let Berlusconi stay on as a minority shareholder or acquire a minority stake himself.

But he promised the club would prosper if he took over.

"I guarantee that I would do everything to keep Milan where they deserve to be -- at the top of the world."

Taci admitted that his bid to buy Serie A side Bologna in the close season fell through because his hopes were raised that he might be able to snap up Milan.

"As a Milan fan I thought it was best to be patient for a little while," he said. "Why kid on people of Bologna if there was the chance a bigger door would open in the meantime?"

買収に動いているのはアルバニアの石油王のタチ氏。シーズン開幕前にはボローニャの買収にも動いた人物である。

フィニンヴェスト社もベルルスコーニも売却は否定しているが、賠償金を支払うことは今のままではほとんど不可能。ミランも赤字であり、値がつく間に売ったほうがいいという判断もある。

今回ばかりはベルルスコーニも得意の政治力で判決をなかったことにはできないだろうし、国庫から金を持ち出せば首相退任後に罪に問われることになる。イタリアがいくら楽観的な国民性を持っていても、好き勝手にミランを守るために動かれては怒るだろう。

個人的にはミランが嫌いなのではなく、ベルルスコーニとガリアーニが許せないだけなので、彼らがフロントから外れるなら存在してはならないクラブという名前は取り消すことにやぶさかではない。

というか、早く売ってしまえ。