Football Business Desk
full acquisition · Italy · Serie A

Genoa Cricket and Football Club

777 Partners acquisition · 23 Sept 2021

Buyer
777 Partners
Seller
Enrico Preziosi
Stake acquired
99.9%
Control
Yes
Reported consideration
~€150m
Implied equity value
League
Serie A
Country
Italy
Confidence
MEDIUM
Transaction overview

777 Partners acquired 99.9% of Genoa Cricket and Football Club from Enrico Preziosi, announced 23 Sept 2021.

Reported consideration was ~€150m.

Nearest pre-acquisition revenue was ~€78m (FY 2020).

Announced
23 Sept 2021
Closed
Stake after transaction
99.9%
Status
completed
Valuation

Reported consideration

What the buyer reportedly paid for the stake

REPORTED

Implied 100% equity value

Calculated: consideration ÷ stake acquired

UNAVAILABLE

Reported club valuation

UNAVAILABLE

Enterprise value

Only shown when debt/cash near the transaction date is established

UNAVAILABLE

Debt assumed / restructured

UNAVAILABLE

Primary capital injection

UNAVAILABLE

Total announced investment commitment

Commitments are not purchase price and not valuation

UNAVAILABLE
Club at acquisition

Nearest pre-acquisition financial year: 2020

Revenue

REPORTED

Wages

UNAVAILABLE

EBITDA

UNAVAILABLE

Net debt

REPORTED

Net income

REPORTED
Analyst noteWhat is known, what is uncertain, and how figures were derived

777 Partners (Miami-based, founded by Josh Wander and Steven Pasko) acquired 99.9% of Genoa from long-time owner Enrico Preziosi on 23 September 2021, ending his 18-year tenure; Preziosi initially remained on the board. The widely-cited ~€150m figure is consistently described across Italian outlets as an all-in 'operation' value that includes assumed debt, not a clean equity purchase price — we record it as such and do not decompose it into equity/debt/injection components because sources conflict on the debt split (figures ranging roughly €75-110m appear across different outlets, none independently verified beyond the headline).

Sources (3)
  1. 2021-09-23 · it — “Confirms 777 Partners acquired 99.9% of Genoa's capital from Enrico Preziosi on 23 September 2021, injecting new capital and assuming certain liabilities, in an operation valued at ~€150m including debts.”

  2. 2021-09-23 · it — “Confirms majority/near-total ownership transfer on 23 Sept 2021 after Preziosi's 18-year tenure (since 2003); ~€150m price for the whole shareholding package including debts, explicitly framed as based on 'indiscrezioni' (rumors/reporting), not a disclosed figure; Preziosi remained on the board.”

  3. 2021-06-22 · it — “Genoa FY2020 (under Preziosi, pre-777): revenue ~€78m, net loss €32.8m, net debt ~€77m, total (gross) debts €256m as of 31 Dec 2020.”