Interview: “Football is a new investment asset class, but needs better controls to keep attracting capital”
Alamy | Lyon fans during the UEFA Europa League Quarter Final second leg match between Lyon and West Ham United at Groupama Stadium on April 14th 2022 in Lyon, France.
Tifosy CEO Fausto Zanetton talks to Off The Pitch about the €850 million Lyon takeover, football governance, his new lending fund and his late business partner, Gianluca Vialli.
Since it was formed in 2015 Tifosy has worked on deals with the likes of Inter Milan, Rangers, Venezia and Inter Miami. In 2021 he created a $350 million NYSE listed SPAC.
Why it matters: Zanetton is one of the most prominent bankers in football and he believes his new lending fund plugs a critical gap in the market.
The perspective: Football needs to have more predictability of cashflows, better contractual flexibility and a discussion on redistribution to keep attracting investment into the game.
16 March 2023 - 4:43 PM
A demand for greater regulation. A call for discussions on more equitable ways of redistributing revenues. A publicly stated desire for better governance.
These are not the sort of topics of conversation one would expect a prominent banker to discuss on the record. But then the industry – football – in which Fausto Zanetton has cornered a niche is not a typical one.
Since founding Tifosy in 2015 with the late-Italian football legend, Gianluca Vialli, the adviso
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