ROME, April 4 (Reuters) - A pool of banks led by Goldman

Sachs ( GS ) is ready to give Prada a 2.5-billion-euro

($2.77 billion) financing line to help the Italian fashion group

in its acquisition of Capri Holdings ( CPRI )-owned Versace, Italian

daily MF reported on Friday.

Some 1.5 billion euros would be used for the acquisition,

while the remaining 1 billion euros would be used to relaunch

the struggling takeover target, the report added.

Goldman Sachs ( GS ) was not immediately available for comment.

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