Gazzetta dello Sport today confirms that Erick Thohir is about to sell the 31.05% share in Inter that is still in his possession to a private investment fund based in Hong Kong, which will then support Suning in the management of the club.
Negotiations have been going on for weeks now. It was not easy to find a meeting point on the valuation of the shares but the figure that has been agreed upon between Zhang Jindong and Erick Thohir is reportedly around €150 Million for Thohir’s 31.05% Stake in the club.
Between Zhang and Thohir there would have been more than one meeting in this regard, one of which in mid-October, in Hong Kong, where the most significant steps were taken. The official sale of these shares is scheduled to take place within the month.
The doubts, theoretically, would be on why an investment fund decides to invest in just a minority share of a club. However, even in areas not just football, it is a fairly common practice that does not necessarily anticipate a future takeover and that’s what Zhang and Suning, who have a long-term project for the club, swear by.
The new investor is to help with the growth of the Nerazzurri, maybe having an input into the stadium project, and consequently potential investment gains made for Inter is good news: if the value of the company grows, the value of the team also grows.
