with the current owners and concerns their financial guarantees will be rejected by the Italian authorities.

Financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, who so diligently covered the Yonghong Li confusion and eventual default at Milan, claimed on January 29 that the British owners might not be who they seem.

The paper pointed out that Sport Capital Group Investments have £15,000,100 capital in Palermo Football Club SpA, but that only £100 of that was ever actually deposited.

The other £15m is allegedly just a loan with not very clear terms from an investment fund set up in Malta called the Abalone Management Fund.

Palermo released a statement on the same day refuting the Sole 24 Ore report, calling them “absolutely without foundation.

“There is no mystery behind the acquisition and re-launch of Palermo Football1936 Bugatti Type 57G Tank

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Even through Ettore and his son Jean built the Type 57 as a road going supercar, they couldn't resist proving it on the track. In the first year of production, competition versions of the Type 57 with streamlined bodies were raced in Tourist Trophy.

The following year, in 1936, an extremely different competition Type 57 appeared called the 57G. It featured fully enclosed bodywork that gave the car its tank nickname; a title first given to the Type 32. The newer car, however, featured much more elegant lines more akin to Bugatti design. For cooling purposes, the body of the car was heavily cutup with extra ventilation in the engine bay, front section and underbody.

The Type 57G remained similar to the road car's engineering.