MILAN, Feb 27 (Reuters) -

Numerous fashion companies are potentially interested in

buying Versace, Miuccia Prada, owner of the Italian luxury group

Prada, said on Thursday.

Capri Holdings ( CPRI ) is working with Barclays to explore

a sale of its Versace brand, sources told Reuters in January.

"It is on everybody's table", Miuccia told journalists

seeking comment about Prada's own potential interest in snapping

up the smaller Italian rival.

Prada has been given access, ahead of any other potential

suitor, to the financial data of Versace, a source close to the

matter said last week, adding that the Hong Kong-listed group

had been given four weeks to conduct its assessment.

No decision on whether to actually pursue the deal has yet

been taken at this stage, the source added at that time.

Italian fashion group Only The Brave (OTB)'s founder

Renzo Rosso earlier this week told Italian newspaper MF that he

was interested in the potential acquisition of Versace.