The saga surrounding the sale of Olympique de Marseille has experienced a new twist and the move to the Saudi flag now seems imminent.
The decision on the sale of Olympique de Marseille would only be a matter of weeks. To believe the Sports Daily, Frank McCourt would aim to finalize the operation before the end of the year. It has been known for several weeks that the owner of the Marseille club is in discussions with Saudi investors. But until recently, the case seemed to be going poorly due to the financial demands of the American businessman.
The situation would therefore have changed and the information revealed by France Bleu Provence according to which Zinedine Zidane had given his agreement, conditionally, to become the new strong man of the club in the event of the sale of the club gave a little more weight to the latest rumors . Unsurprisingly, Thibaud Vézirian, who has been announcing for almost three years that the matter is closed, considers the operation finalized. “ Everything has been okay about the club for a while. It wasn’t the most complicated thing. Many interests and parallel subjects were blocked until then… But everyone will tell their story and we will be told that everything was negotiated in 3 weeks”, he wrote on Twitter.
Everything has been okay about the club for a while. It wasn’t the most complicated thing. Many interests and parallel subjects were blocked until then… But everyone will tell their story and we will be told that everything was negotiated in 3 weeks 😉
— TV (@ThibaudVezirian) September 28, 2023
Close to the royal family, Saudi businessman Moaid Mahjoub agrees. On Thursday, he posted a tweet suggesting that France and Saudi Arabia were on the verge of getting closer. It’s difficult not to see an allusion to the OM sale file, especially since Moaid Mahjoub had already announced at the beginning of the summer that “Saudi Arabia was going to buy the French club Marseille”.
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— مؤيد محجوب Moaid Mahjoub (@moaidmahjoub) September 28, 2023
