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Abu Dhabi firm to buy Roma FC?

Aabar Investments bids for Italian football club

Abu Dhabi’s Aabar Investments is among the six bids submitted for Italian football club AS Roma, according to reports in Italy.

Sources close to the matter told the Il Messaggero newspaper six bids had been submitted for the Rome-based football club.

The bidders reportedly include Aabar Investments, a financial holding firm linked to Libya’s sovereign wealth fund, Rome businessman Giampaolo Angelucci and a Chinese consortium.

The newspaper also claimed that Rothschild were advising on the bids.

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