Property mogul Ross Pelligra has been confirmed as Perth Glory’s new owner.
The Melbourne multi-millionaire – who also owns Italian third division club Catania as well as baseball, basketball and ice hockey teams in Adelaide and Canberra – intends to re-establish the Glory as “a benchmark club of Australian football”.
The Pelligra Group will reportedly pledge $4 million per year to the Glory, who have been funded by the financially embattled Australian Professional Leagues since former owner and chairman Tony Sage was stripped of the club’s licence in July last year.
“Sport is a great passion of mine and over the years I have invested in other sporting clubs in Australia and in Italy,” Pelligra said.
“I have seen how integral a sporting club can be to a community. It can have a powerful, unifying impact and that is what we are here to achieve in Perth.
“There are three…
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