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Originally Posted by devo22
reading up on FC Como, who have just been promoted to Serie A, has been fascinating. Just so, so random.
- they went bankrupt both in 2005 and 2017, the latter bankruptcy leading to the club being re-founded and starting in Serie D (4th tier)
- before the second bankruptcy, the wife of Michael Essien bought the club via auction
- Dennis Wise (a name I haven't heard in many years) has been a key figure as CEO over the last few years, while Thierry Henry is also a stakeholder in the club
- they've been promoted three times over the last six years
- Cesc Fabregas, who was an assistant coach there last year, has today been promoted to head coach
- the squad features names like Pepe Reina and Alberto Moreno, but also former top talent Patrick Cutrone and Andrea Belotti, with Raphael Varane apparently also joining
weird stuff.
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Nothing too strange, just an ex-player bought the club and invites his former-star (using the term pretty loosely) friends over to play. Como is a resort town too so it is appealing for these old geezers to go stretch out their careers...
Same situation happening for Inter Miami, basically Beckham using his star power (and $$) to get Messi and half of the 2017 Barcelona squad...