The risk – absolutely concrete – was there: Pro Recco water polo, a piece of Italian history to be clear, was on the verge of disappearing. The “happy ending” was hoped for and not written. But today it's black and white. From Pro Recco to Recco Waterpolo and back in less than two months. The multi-awarded and most successful club in the world is returning to the old style with a new owner, Brazilian billionaire Alexandre Behring who bought the 'Real Madrid of water polo', returning the titles, name and European participation to the club. The announcement of Volpi's resignation came like a bolt from the blue at the beginning of July. In a press release, Volpi told ai members must consider themselves free to seek new contracts and expressed the desire to emphasize territorial educational and recreational activities for young and old. A disengagement “without prejudice to the hope that buyers capable of at least partially taking over the legacy of Gabriele Volpi can come forward as quickly as possible”.
A first contact was made with a Swiss-Genoese consortium at the same time as the process of creating the new club started by the resigning president Maurizio Felugo whose mission was to found Recco Waterpolo, succeeding in convincing part of the team, to start with coach Sukno to stay in Liguria, reduce his salaries and register the team in A1. But from the first steps of this new company, rumors of interest from Brazil were persistent until the announcement of the purchase of the company Pro Recco by the Brazilian billionaire Alexandre Behring, thus making the titles, the name and the participations European to the Biancocelesti.
Pro Recco Pallanuoto – founded in 1913 in Recco, a Ligurian municipality of less than 10,000 inhabitants between Portofino and Genoa – is the most successful water polo club in the world. In 1953, he won his first championship but in Serie B. The first scudetto arrived in 1959 (he won 36 in addition to 11 Champions Leagues, 17 Italian Cups, 9 European Super Cups, 1 Adriatic League, in addition women's victories (1 Scudetto, 1 Champions League, 1 European Super Cup). The Gabriele Volpi era, which began in the 2000s after a dark period away from the top of the league, marked a period of great expansion, with investments leading the club to dominance in Europe.
