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You Can Buy A Former Serie A Football Club For Just 85p

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Updated 17:02 9 Jun 2022 GMT+1Published 17:01 9 Jun 2022 GMT+1

You Can Buy A Former Serie A Football Club For Just 85p

Messina, who used to play in Serie A, are up for sale for just €1.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

If you've always dreamed of owning a football club, now might just be your chance as Messina, a former Serie A side, are up for less than £1.

The Sicilian outfit were promoted from Serie B in the 2003/04 season after finishing fourth on 79 points.

They were tipped to go straight back down in the newly-expanded 20-team top flight league but overachieved massively and secured an impressive seventh placed finish under Bortolo Mutti.

Messina narrowly avoided the drop in 2005/06, finishing two points ahead of the relegation zone - but then ended 2006/07 as Serie A's bottom club and were sent back to the second-tier.

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Image: PA
Image: PA

Financial problems started to arise and it led to them being kicked out of Serie B and ultimately bankruptcy being filed for in 2008.

Much like what's happened with Palermo, it's been a downwards spiral since then. These days, following ownership and name changes, the Giallorossi ply their trade in Serie C but are now available to purchase for €1(85p).

Pietro Sciotti, the club's president, has issued a statement and said the deadline is this weekend.

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"I have still not received a single offer for ACR Messina, just a few phone calls to ask for information," Sciotti wrote, as shared by the club's Instagram page.

“Last January and then in May I underlined how my last objective was to attain Serie C survival and leave. With immense displeasure, after five years at the helm of the glorious ACR Messina, I repeat my desire to end my time at the club and for this reason, I am ready to sell the club for a symbolic €1.

“It is my final act of live. The deadline is the 24 hours of June 12, if there is no offer, I will look at the situation and make necessary decisions, even if they are difficult.”

It does seem as though Messina could well be folding if a new buyer is not found.

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Notable past former players of Messina include Juventus forwards Antonio Nocerino and Marco Storari.

Featured Image Credit: Image: PA

Topics: Serie A, Italy

Josh Lawless
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Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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