Joseph Portelli acquires Italian football club Ars et Labor Ferrara
3Gozitan developer and Ħamrun Spartans president Joseph Portelli has been officially confirmed as the new owner of Italian Eccellenza club Ars et Labor Ferrara. The agreement sees Portelli become the first Maltese football administrator to buy a foreign club. The Ferrara-based club was in the Italian Serie A between 2017 and 2019 under the name of SPAL