BC Partners plan to become Inter’s new owners after buying the club from Suning, according to an Italian broadcaster’s report this afternoon.
As per Sport Mediaset, the British private equity fund will obtain LionRock Capital’s minority 31.05% stake in Inter and gradually buy up all the shares in the Nerazzurri.
BC Partners have recruited former Juventus forward Gianluca Vialli’s advisory firm ‘Tifosy’ as a consultant during negotiations with Suning.
The Chinese retail giant appears ever closer to a sensational departure from Inter, four and a half years on from buying a majority stake in the club from Indonesian tycoon Erick Thohir..
Suning’s agreement to sell Inter has come due to a lack of liquidity at Inter due partly to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well a the newly-imposed Chinese government restrictions in relation to the exportation of capital out of the country.
The Nerazzurri need an injection of capital during the next few weeks with a deadline for paying outstanding player salaries looming on February 16.