{"id":562269,"date":"2026-11-09T08:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T07:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=562269"},"modified":"2026-11-09T08:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T07:30:15","slug":"virtus-bologna-draws-interest-from-uae-investors-full-takeover-or-major-stake-on-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/virtus-bologna-draws-interest-from-uae-investors-full-takeover-or-major-stake-on-the-table\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtus Bologna draws interest from UAE investors: full takeover or major stake on the table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new ownership scenario has emerged around <strong>Virtus Bologna<\/strong>. According to <strong>Walter Fuochi of Repubblica Bologna<\/strong>, investors from the <strong>United Arab Emirates<\/strong> have expressed interest in entering <strong>Massimo Zanetti\u2019s<\/strong> club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two options are reportedly being discussed: <strong>a full takeover of Virtus<\/strong> or the acquisition of a significant stake, potentially around 50%. According to the report, an initial valuation has already been put forward, with the second option currently appearing to be the preferred solution for both parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The potential investment could also be linked to the costs required to secure Virtus a long-term position in EuroLeague, with the report mentioning a <strong>\u20ac50 million fee over five years<\/strong> to become a permanent franchise. The latest talks follow previous interest from US-based investors, with those discussions now reportedly on hold. No agreement has been reached at this stage, and the discussions remain preliminary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New ownership rumors are surrounding Virtus Bologna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":497402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,259],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[16775],"class_list":["post-562269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-serie-a","posizionamento-stories"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/Massimo-Zanetti-.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=562269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":562270,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562269\/revisions\/562270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562269"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=562269"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=562269"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=562269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}