PLATT INVOLVED IN PALERMO BUYOUT

DAVID PLATT is involved in a company who have bought Italian club Palermo — for €10 (£8.92), inheriting €22.8m (£20.3m) debt. Global Futures Sport CEO Clive Richardson said: ‘Because it’s in Italy, one of the members of our board is David Platt, who has both played (for Juventus, Sampdoria and Bari) and managed (Sampdoria) in Italy.’