Hicks Wants Roma Takeover Now?
The co-owner of Liverpool FC, Tom Hicks, is lining up a takeover of AS Roma, according to reports in Italy.
zoom - galleria The Dallas businessman has an estimated wealth of well over $1 billion and earlier this year bought a 50 per cent share in Premiership giants Liverpool.
However Hicks is now eyeing up the Italian Serie A and is trying to convince current President Franco Sensi to sell up.
Hicks already made initial enquiries a few months ago however he is now ready to step up the pressure.
The 61-year-old co-founded the investment firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst in 1989, and is also the chairman of Hicks Inc, which owns and runs the Southwest Sports Group - the company that owns MLB’s Texas Rangers, NHL’s Dallas Stars, and the Mesquite Championship Rodeo.
If Hicks was to take over Roma, it could spark the beginning of foreign ownership in Serie A.
Currently all 20 presidents in the top-flight are Italian, unlike the English Premier League which is now dominated by overseas owners.
Carlo Garganese


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