Independent journalist Thibaud Vézirian persists and signs: the sale of Frank McCourt’s OM to Saudi Arabia “will happen” and the formalization will come to everyone’s surprise, “overnight”, as with the purchase of Newcastle.
Thibaud Vézirian has not really had any new information since February 2021 and his announcement of the takeover of OM by Saudi Arabia. Since then, the independent journalist has tried to analyze the rare information from this obscure series in videos on YouTube. On Sunday, he left no room for doubt. “ We know what is going to happen, inevitably “, he said, estimating that the significant expenses made by president Pablo Longoria suggest a sale by owner Frank McCourt.
For “TV”, the ad can come at any time. “ The reality is that there will be a little surprise effect, and as for Newcastle, overnight, it will have to become official, and it will happen because that is the course of things for the Olympics. from Marseillehe says. This will help Ligue 1 to get back on its feet, because the billion targeted by Vincent Labrune (for TV rights), it seems very far away, and because France needs it, for its catastrophic UEFA index at the moment “.
Negotiations in progress?
As Vézirian details in his video, the sale of OM to the Saudis was announced by other people in recent months. Atef Nahass, a Saudi journalist, explained that the country led by Crown Prince Mohamed Ben Salman wanted to buy a club in France and Spain. Moaid Mahjoub, a businessman close to the sovereign fund, affirmed that it was OM. Finally, a Greek journalist, George Tsanakas, recently confided that negotiations were in full swing.
If Al-Walid ben Talal Al Saud was at one time linked to the possible takeover of OM, it is squarely the sovereign fund of Saudi Arabia, the famous PIF, which bought Newcastle a year ago, which would negotiate with the Boston businessman. McCourt would have set the price at 300 million euros, also leaving the debts of “McCourt Europe” (formerly “Eric Soccer”) to the buyer. He would like to keep 20% to 30% of the Marseille club and that is what would block the deal. So it’s not done…
