A new phase is about to begin for Virtus Bologna / News - Basketnews.com

Since Massimo Zanetti became the owner of Virtus in 2017, he achieved several goals. But after years of heavy spending, the Italian team now must enter a new phase in which there'll be fewer resources and more long-term planning. Will they be able to remain at the highest level under these new circumstances?

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Things change, and in sports, as in everyday life, you must adapt to these changes to keep up. This is a lesson thatVirtus Segafredo Bolognawill also have to learn.

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After years of absence, the Italian team returned to the EuroLeague and will have to restructure itself to face the coming seasons in the best possible way.

In these years, the investments made by Massimo Zanetti were very important because the main goal was to bring the club back to the EuroLeague and the new arena project.

Both main goals have been fulfilled: Virtus are back in the EuroLeague, and the club received a 2-year wild card to stay in the competition, sources have toldBasketNews.

Furthermore, the club secured the project for a new arena with a 10.000 people capacity, which should be ready by the beginning of 2025.

Zanetti financed most of these investments, continuing to inject resources into the Bolognese club to take it to the highest possible level.

During Tuesday's press conference, Scariolo announced that there will be a budget reduction and Virtus will necessarily have to adapt to a different situation.

In recent weeks there have been talks that Virtus budget will be reduced by

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