Not Raffi Ahmad, Emtek Owned By The Sariaatmadja Conglomerate Family Who Bought 10 Percent Of The Shares Of Italian Serie A Club Lecce, How Much Is It Worth?

Photo: Instagram @uslecce

JAKARTA - Last weekend, social media was shocked by the news that Raffi Ahmad bought an Italian club that had just been promoted to Serie A, Lecce. However, it turns out that the technology company owned by the Sariaatmadja conglomerate family, PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi Tbk (EMTK) alias Emtek.

Emtek and his consortium share 10 percent of the club, which was once strengthened by former Bulgarian star Valeri Bojinov. This was written on the upload to the Instagram account @uslecce, regarding the joining of the Emtek boss in the new funding for the football club.

"A new entry into the group member companies led by Boris Francesco Jean Collardi (Italian-Swiss banker from Salento) and which consists of Italian-Swiss businessman Pascal Picci (whose parents are from Lecce from Castrignano) who officially this morning del Capo who emigrated to Switzerland and young Indonesian entrepreneur Alvin Sariaatmadja," explained the caption, quoted on Monday, May 30.

In addition, this account also mentions the presence of Raffi Ahmad as an Indonesian influencer with 62 million followers on Instagram, as a companion. They also posed for photos with US Lecce President Saverio Sticchi Damiani, US Lecce Vice President Corrado Liguori, US Lecce Managing Director Sandro Mencucci, Silvia and Dario Carofalo Directors and Giuseppe Mercadante Administrative Area General Manager.

Through a press conference held by US Lecce executives, on Friday 27 May Italian time, it was announced that the consortium formed by Boris Collardi, Pascal Picci, and Emtek CEO, Alvin Sariaatmadja, officially acquired 10 percent of the club's shares.

Pascal Picci and Alvin Sariaatmadja are two of Lecce's newest investors following the success of the club nicknamed I Salentini being promoted to the highest caste of the Italian League.

"Boris Francesco Jean Collardi, Pascal Picci and Alvin Sariaatmadja took over 10 per cent of the club's ownership, injecting liquidity directly into the club's coffers," read the Lecce Prima report.

This news at the same time refutes the news that Raffi Ahmad bought US Lecce shares. However, Alvin Sariaatmadja is likely to invite the RANS Cilegon FC boss as a work partner.

For information, Emtek's CEO, Alvin Sariaatmadja is known to be a partner of Collardi. Both work together in the field of media and digital business.

Saverio Sticchi Damiani, President of Lecce, said that this news is a happy day for all elements of the club. Support from foreign parties shows how unique Lecce is.

"This is a happy day for Lecce and the whole club. Since 2015, when we started everything from Serie C, we implemented a unique way of developing this club," said Damiani.

Unione Sportiva Lecce is an Italian football team based in the city of Lecce. Founded on March 15, 1908. The stadium used for home games is Stadio Via del Mare.

The club was formed in 1908 and have spent most of their history bouncing between the Italian second division and Serie A, where the team got its first promotion in 1985.