Soccer: US fund denies interest in Atalanta

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 18 - New York based private equity fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) on Friday denied reports it was set to take over Bergamo-based Serie A club Atalanta.
    Sources had said a preliminary deal had been reached to sell 85% of the club for around 350 million euros.
    Current owner Antonio Percassi would stay at the helm as CEO, they said.
    But a KKR spokesman denied all interest, saying the fund "has never taken into consideration this hypothesis".
    The rumpoured sale would have meant eight of the Italian top- light's 20 would be Us owned.
    Genoa, Milan, Parma, Fiorentina, Roma, Spezia and Venezia already have American owners. (ANSA).