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After the rumors about AshleyMadison.com, the website ready to spend €1.5M to sponsor Virtus Roma and help the club to bring him back to Italy, denied via Twitter all the rumors. "I want all my fans and all the pepole who read the newspapers lately that I am not involved in any news written or attributed to me since one month". Sportando

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Emiliano Carchia: I have called Noel Biderman of http://AshleyMadison.com. He is optmistic that the deal with Bargnani will happen and Il Mago will play in Roma Twitter

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The deal to bring back to Italy and Virtus Roma, Andrea Bargnani is done. But the owner of the Italian team, Claudio Toti, did not say YES yet. The biggest problem is ethic. In a country where Vatican has big influence in any aspect of life (politics included), having as sponsor AshleyMadison.com, a website who promotes infidelity, is not easy. And Vatican City is also next to Virtus Roma facilities (the arena where the team is playing is also the main gym of the club). Sportando

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The transfer to Rome is now possible for Bargnani. The dating site AshleyMadison.com is the main sponsor for the operation. The contacts began two weeks ago but there were doubts about it on ethical grounds. La Stampa

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The confirmation arrived from Noel Biderman, founder of AshleyMadison.com. "It's true, I met the management of the team and we are negotiating a big sponsorship operation to bring Bargnani in Italy for a cost of around 1.5 million euros ($2 million)." Insurance problems seem solved too. "Everything is ready there too", Biderman said. La Stampa

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The board of directors of Virtus Roma is expected to authorize the operation in a few days. La Stampa

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Emiliano Carchia: For Virtus Roma having Andrea Bargnani would bea huge deal. Considering that in a city with 4millions of people, last Sunday just 1500 were attending the game. From this season, Roma is playing in the smaller arena than the old one. Just 2500 seats.Palalottomatica has 12k seat. Twitter

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Bargnani has spent the last few days training with Stella Azzura, a second division team where he started his career. He could start working this week with Virtus Roma. La Stampa

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Vittorio Festa: According to an italian newspaper Virtus Roma is trying to sign Andrea Bargnani till the lockout ends Twitter

Toronto Raptors, Lockout, Italy, Andrea Bargnani, Virtus Roma 

Claudio Toti, owner of Virtus Roma, confirmed, in an interview released at Il Messaggero, the talks with Andrea Bargnani. "We have been talking with Andrea Bargnani. In my opinion, if he decides to play in Italy, he will sign just with us (Bargnani was born and grew up in Roma). Even if we had agreed on the salary, the biggest hurdle is the insurance to cover his contract with Toronto Raptors. It is three weeks I am waiting to know the exact amount of money needed for the insurance. Of course, if Bargnani arrives, I need help from sponsors and I want him not to sell jerseys or more tickets, I want to him for winning games" Sportando

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