ROME – American billionaire Dan Friedkin is interested in buying A.S. Roma football club, business sources report.

 Friedkin, 54, is the 504^th richest man in the world, according to Forbes.  He has sent emissaries to Rome to evaluate the possible purchase of the club, Il Messaggero said.

 AS Roma is currently owned by a team of four American investors with another American billionaire, James Pallotta, the president of the club.

 Il Gazzetto dello Sport reports that the Texan company Friedkin Group would invest 150 million euros in the club, effectively making him a minor partner.

 Consob, the authority which regulates the Italian stock exchange, has asked the club for clarification as the news of potential new investors from Friedkin Group has affected the club’s performance in the stock markets, Corriere dello Sport reports.

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 ROME – Two Celtic fans have been stabbed, apparently by Lazio supporters, ahead of Thursday night’s football match. 

 According to the first reports, they were part of a group of Celtic supporters who were attacked by Lazio ultras outside the Flann O’Brien Irish pub on Via Nazionale, central Rome, at approximately 11.30 p.m. on Wednesday.

 The Lazio ultras then disappeared.  The two people stabbed were helped by police and medics and their condition is not thought to be serious.

 The pub, which was full of Celtic supporters, was closed after the incident.

 Celtic play Lazio in the Europa League on Thursday evening.

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