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8 September 2022 - 3:30 AM

An American special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) connected to the Pacific Media Group has joined the race to buy Sampdoria, according to Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.

The Pacific Media Group, which owns stakes in a number of European teams, reportedly approached another Serie A club, Verona, in July.

It is understood that the SPAC is one of three potential buyers still in the running to acquire Sampdoria, alongside another American group, as well as a consortium

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