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Drake, Nike's Nocta Help Raise $43.7M for Serie A's Venezia FC to Avoid Bankruptcy

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Musician Drake reportedly helped to raise €40 million ($43.7 millIon) to help save Italian soccer club Venezia from bankruptcy.

"I got a call from Brad Katsuyama, co-owner of Venezia and a good friend of mine. He explained the problem to me in a simple way: Venezia has to raise €10 million in a couple of weeks, and then at least €30 million in a few months, or the club will go bankrupt," Drake's chief brand officer, Matte Babel, told the Italian edition of GQ (h/t Francesco Porzio of CBS Sports).