rowonejetfan Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Are you ready for some football? Giants owners Steve Tisch and John Mara have teamed up with Jets owner Woody Johnson and are kicking around a plan to buy a controlling stake in Italian soccer team AS Roma. The trio reportedly made an offer recently to buy the beleaguered team nearly three years after George Soros and New York lawyer Joe Tacopina put in an unsuccessful bid to buy the club, the Italian newspaper Il Manifesto reported today. The newspaper reported that the dollar amount has not been made public as both sides try to hammer out a deal. Anthony J. Causi / New York Post Jets owner Woody Johnson, left, and the Giants owner John Mara. The Giants and Jets are co-owners of the New Meadowlands Stadium, which opened last year, and both teams worked together last year to bring Super Bowl XLVIII to the stadium in 2014. An AS Roma spokesman did not immediately return a call seeking comment. One of Italy's most popular teams, Roma is currently in fifth place in the Serie A standings and features former Italy striker Francesco Totti and Brazilian forward Adriano. AS Roma, which was founded in 1927, has won the Serie A title three times in its history, most recently in 2001. The club -- known in Italy simply as Roma -- is temporarily owned by Italian bank UniCredit, who is seeking an outside buyer since last summer. Unlike England's Premier League, where American ownership of major teams has become common, Italy's pro squads are owned by Italians, so the purchase by Tisch, Mara and Johnson would be the first of its kind. The team plays its games at the Olympic Stadium, opened in 1930 and rehabbed for the 1990 World Cup, and like the Jets and Giants, shares the 73,000-seat venue with city rivals SS Lazio. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/soccer/giants_and_jets_looking_roma_buy_o9mY8SY7g271c8Wz9r57JN#ixzz1A5hkLhpt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOJOTOWNSELL Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 well this is just plain awesome! Roma is quality and this would mean a few games in Jersey for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitonti Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 you ask why? i ask why not? these guys are billionaires that's what they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 The money could have been spent to put a dome on the new stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Bit's right, because they can. Honestly little surprised at the joint venture aspect cause I figured these two didn;t really dig one another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSJets Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 The money could have been spent to put a dome on the new stadium PSL dollars hard at work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Jet Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 FORZA TOTTI!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoping4ASuperBowl Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 FORZA TOTTI!!!! Juventus all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow_monkey Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Why Roma? Italy is all about the big three Inter, Milan and Juventus. If you can't get one of those, why even bother? And Totti is old and Adriano is an overweight alcoholic. Just saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 FWIW, this is NOT in the news here and there are several soccer only broadcast television stations and several pages of soccer in each paper. Manifesto is a commie rag and not really considered much of a real paper like Corriere, La Republica or La Stampa which I read every day for work. Doesn't mean out of the realm of possibility, but it's pretty farfetched. We'll see if there is anything tomorrow. They mentioned Tisch buying in back before Thanksgiving and he said he wasn't interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New York Mick Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 The money could have been spent to put a dome on the new stadium Or build it in the right city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsFanInDenver Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 So with the US going down in the dumps the foosball owners are now going to diversify by investing in Europe ? Makes a lot of sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montreal Jet Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 A.C Milan or Bust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jbro22 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Would be cool, definitely would give me a team to root for. Well 1/3 of a team anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aec4 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 So the Jets and Giants, according to Francesa, have a lot of animosity YET they are going to go into business again to buy a soccer team. Yep, makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetPotato Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Wow. An unlimited supply of kickers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Maybe they can snipe Diego Milito from Inter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 "Personal Seat License," in Italian: sede licenza personale "Go f*ck yourselves, thieving sh*tbirds": Andate a fanculo, ladro uccelli merda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 "Personal Seat License," in Italian: sede licenza personale "Go f*ck yourselves, thieving sh*tbirds": Andate a fanculo, ladro uccelli merda Ebonics for "Go jump off a cliff Tom Shane, and hooray for Woody and Roma!": Go jump off uh cliff Tom Shane, an' hooray fo' Woody an' Roma! brace yourself foo'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0mShane Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Ebonics for "Go jump off a cliff Tom Shane, and hooray for Woody and Roma!": Go jump off uh cliff Tom Shane, an' hooray fo' Woody an' Roma! brace yourself foo'! Eurotrash! LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowonejetfan Posted January 5, 2011 Author Share Posted January 5, 2011 Guess they are looking for something to fill stadium during strike year, maybe Big Apple Circus next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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