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Como received capital injection of 4,165,810,500 lire (€2,151,461) on 31 May 1999[3] and again in next few seasons in order to promote to Serie A. Preziosi also made one of his first successful player deal, such as Tommaso Rocchi.
FIGC suspected Juventus, which signed youth players Domenico Criscito and Francesco Volpe from Genoa in co-ownership deals for €1.9 million in 2004 (and Antonio Nocerino moved to opposite direction for €0.45M, i.e., €1.45million cash involved), were actually flopped in order to transfer the sum of €1.58million to Genoa, the new club of Preziosi.
he also bought players from Como to Genoa, likes Saša Bjelanović, Stephen Makinwa, Giuseppe Greco, Marco Rossi, Luca Belingheri and Nikola Lazetić.
In the next season the team acquired Argentine striker Diego Milito, who scored 21 goals, winning the 2005 Serie B championship (cadetto) and promoted.
[13] He submitted an appeal to La Camera di Conciliazione e Arbitrato per lo Sport section of Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and intervening settled on 18 January 2006.
[16] In July 2012, it was confirmed that instead of jail, Preziosi was forbidden to enter the stadium for 6 months,[17] so he arranged for a life-size photo of himself to be placed in his seat.
[18] He was also banned by Serie C for 1 year on 14 December 2005, for violating article 11 bis of Codice di Giustizia Sportiva.
[22] It once lifted on 20 June,[23] but upheld by the national discipline committee (Commissione disciplinare nazionale, CDN) of FIGC on 15 May 2008.
[6] He also appealed to La Camera di Conciliazione e Arbitrato per lo Sport section of CONI on 14 July 2008.
[27] On 3 October 2008 his lawyer submitted a request to probationally imprison for 23 months to end the case before went to formal judicial process in the court of Como.
Which, Turin-based newspaper Tuttosport reported that Inter risked a sanction due to Preziosi in fact still banned from football, and the transfer may be void (eventually not happened).
[38][39] The team also acquired Marco Borriello from Milan in 2007 in co-ownership deal, who just valued €1.8 million,[40] as he was suspended in 2006–07 season due to using un-sportive substances.
His defensive partner in 2008–09 season, Matteo Ferrari, was allowed to leave for Beşiktaş for €4.5 million in 2009, which a year before he was a free agent.
Genoa once contracted 5 of the 23 men squad at 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, namely Acquafresca, Criscito, Ranocchia, Salvatore Bocchetti and Alberto Paloschi (in 2010–11 season), the first 4 of them contracted in the same time in 2009–10 season, plus half owned Italy internationals Bonucci (who travelled to 2010 FIFA World Cup), Genoa owned most of the talented defender (centre-back) of 1986 and 1987 age group at that time (Ranocchia born in 1988).
In the forwards, Luca Toni, regular starter in 2010–11 season, Gergely Rudolf who often as sub, were released (to Juventus) and loaned out in January 2011 respectively.
Preziosi also banned 2 months in July 2008 due to the sale of Domenico Criscito to Juventus,[45] and acquisition of Abdoulay Konko and Andrea Masiello in January 2007.