An Argentine media businessman who bought a Spanish club was booed during a match

Spanish fans in Burgos disrupted the Copa del Rey match against Mallorca this Sunday a shower of counterfeit banknotes in protest against the club’s recent sale to a controversial Argentine businessman.

As soon as the match corresponding to the round of 16 of the traditional Spanish tournament began, from one of the seats in the El Plantío stadium they threw counterfeit banknotes and The match had to be stopped for a few minutes. to clean the area.

The newspapers that passed themselves off as dollars had the faces of the managers of the Yucon group, which at the end of last year sold the most important share package to The Argentine entrepreneur Marcelo Fígoli. The face of the owner of Fénix Entertainment was also on the bill.

“The Burgos (Yucon) business group sells 47% of its shares to Fénix Entertainment, member of Grupo 360, a company owned by Marcelo Fígoli. Both will share a seat on the new Board of Directors,” the club announced in an official statement last December 30th.

According to the newspaper As, the Federation of Peñas del Burgos CF, La Hinchada del Arlanzón and the Association of Small Shareholders of Burgos CF have extended a large flag reading “sold to the lowest bidder”, as well as unleashing a shower of banknotes with the faces of Fígoli and the club’s former owners.

After this action by the fans, the club deployed a veritable army of ball receivers to clear away the cards from one of the areas. The match was delayed for long minutes and, when it restarted, the local team was eliminated from the competition by the islanders 3-0.

Fígoli, expert in buying bankrupt companies

The Fénix business group also owns the media (radio, TV and print media) and owns a division of theme parks and attractions, among which Parque de la Costa stands out.

In January last year Figoli landed in the public street advertising segment, with the purchase of the Grupo Vía company, which boasts a strong presence in the subways, trains, shopping centers and LED screens on the avenues of the city of Buenos Aires.

The owner of Alpha Media and Fenix ​​Entertainment teamed up with Juan Manuel Infante to buy Grupo Vía, an advertising communications company with more than 25 years of experience in the country, for which he paid around $2.5 million.

Figoli is, through Alpha Media, owner of the radios Rivadavia, La990, AM 550, Rock & Pop, Blue, Metro, LT3 Rosario, Info 95.5 and La 103.1, together with the agency Noticias Argentinas (NA) and the local version of Newsweek Magazine .

The businessman’s main work is organizing shows, through Fénix, a global entertainment and entertainment company, with a presence in Argentina, Latin America and Europe. His debut in the media sector occurred at the beginning of 2016, when he acquired Rock & Pop and Splendid (now La990) radio stations.