{"id":17531,"date":"2026-11-14T07:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T07:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/ex-chelsea-star-in-talks-to-buy-italian-club\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T07:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T07:31:13","slug":"ex-chelsea-star-in-talks-to-buy-italian-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/14\/ex-chelsea-star-in-talks-to-buy-italian-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Chelsea Star In Talks To Buy Italian Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Chelsea goalkeeper and current Real Madrid first choice Thibaut Courtois has made an offer to buy Italian Serie C club AC Reggiana through his investment firm.<\/p>\n<p>According to Sky Sport Italia and La Gazzetta dello Sport, *NXTPLAY Capital* \u2013 the private equity fund Courtois founded in 2025 with entrepreneur Gonzalo Vila \u2013 has submitted a proposal to acquire 100% of Reggiana\u2019s shares.<\/p>\n<p>NXTPLAY Capital invests in sports, media and technology and already holds stakes in Le Mans FC (France), KRC Genk (Belgium) and CD Extremadura (Spain).<\/p>\n<p>Courtois confirmed the ambition in a statement:\u201cThroughout my career, I have seen how much a club means to its city. With NXTPLAY, we want to build something the people of Reggio Emilia can be proud of: ambitious on the field, close to the community, and built to last. Giving young footballers the right environment to develop will be at the heart of everything we do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/courtois-my-relationship-with-mourinho-has-always-been-good\/\">Courtois: My Relationship With Mourinho Has Always Been Good<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"csa1x-widget csbw-odds-card\" aria-label=\"Match odds\">\n<p><label class=\"csbw-oddschip\"><span class=\"csbw-oddsbar__label\">Show odds<\/span><button class=\"csbw-oddsswitch\" type=\"button\" role=\"switch\" aria-checked=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show odds\" data-csbw-global=\"1\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"csa1x-actions\">\n<details class=\"csa1x-tipster-details csbw-article-tips\">\n<summary class=\"csa1x-tipster-toggle\">Match prediction<\/summary>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Current Reggiana majority shareholder Romano Amadei said the club is awaiting a binding offer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe shareholders await an irrevocable offer, accompanied by the necessary caution in the sale process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reggiana, based in Reggio Emilia, are currently competing in Serie C and are managed by Attilio Tesser. Courtois faces competition from former Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani, who is also reportedly backed by US funds for the takeover.<\/p>\n<p>A deal is not yet completed and remains subject to shareholder approval.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Chelsea goalkeeper and current Real Madrid first choice Thibaut Courtois has made an offer to buy Italian Serie C club AC Reggiana through his investment firm. According to Sky&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17532,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}