Lopera’s nephew bought Zamora CF

An Andalusian business group linked to Javier Páez Ruiz de Lopera, nephew of the former president of Real Betis Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, bought the main businessman involved in the so-called Koldo plot, Victor de Aldama, most of the actions of Zamora CF, sources close to members of the rojiblanco club informed Efe. The purchase of shares would have been closed at a cost of 1.9 million euros, although the buyers had to face a series of debts and the cost of the operation could exceed three million euros, according to the aforementioned sources.

The purchase operation was announced yesterday Thursday afternoon in a virtual meeting with the minority partners of Zamora CF, whose first team has just been promoted to the Primera RFEF and has financial problems with complaints from some player for non-payment which must be resolved by June 30 to avoid administrative relegation.

Although the purchase operation has not been officially confirmed by the club, sources close to the team have detailed that both the president until now, Víctor de Aldama, and former director Alfredo Ruiz Plaza have sold their part, which is the majority.

In this way, businessman Javier Páez will become the new president of the rojiblanco club, in a sale operation that will be officially confirmed by the club in the coming days but that is already closed, according to these sources.

Within a month, the possibility of negotiations for the purchase of the red-and-white club by the business group of Javier Páez, who inherited a good part of the fortune of Manuel Ruiz de Lopera, who died on March 23 and that He is managed Real Betis from 1992 to 2010.

Until now the president of the club, Víctor de Aldama, confirmed the closing of the sale in a telematic meeting held with the minority partners of Zamora CF that lasted until after nine o’clock this Thursday night and was linked by Shareholders in the city followed from the rojiblanco club’s facilities at the Ruta de la Plata stadium in Zamora.