While the owner of Olympique de Marseille is becoming more and more distant from the Marseille club, the sale of the club appears to be inevitable.
Olympique de Marseille has had a very turbulent start to the season. However, Frank McCourt, the owner of the Marseille club, was particularly discreet. The American businessman only attended one match, at the very start of the season, against Reims and when the club faltered, while all the managers seemed ready to resign after being caught Partly by the Ciel et Blanc supporters, the Bostonian was content with a simple press release.
For many analysts, there is no longer room for doubt: Frank McCourt, approached by Saudi investors, is preparing to sell the club. And to believe The Teamthe feeling is the same internally. “But many sources, internally, speak of an inevitable process, a withdrawal of McCourt, also removed from French football authorities while he was still very involved in 2022 on TV rights or the arrival of CVC”writes the sports daily.
However, Pablo Longoria, interviewed at the microphone of RMC Sport, once again denied these rumors surrounding a sale of the Olympian club. “ At the moment, with Frank McCourt, all his collaborators and the club’s supervisory board, we have discussions every week, more than five to six hours every week. It’s a level of commitment that is significant, much higher than what exists in other European clubs. But it is very important that everyone realizes the fervor of the owner, the fervor of the supervisory board, the fervor of the club board, in which there is a chairman of the board who takes responsibility for everything. that happens in the daily life of the club”, said the Olympian president, adding: “That’s not a question for me. Since I arrived at OM, there have always been these rumors of sales. I made a mistake once. I let myself be affected by all these rumors. (…) After that, I tried to completely escape from all these types of subjects. We have to deal with it, it’s part of our environment. I tried to isolate myself and work sustainably. We have to act as if we are going to continue at the club for the next X years. If we fall into this type of game, we make the mistake I made before Feyenoord: giving credibility to these rumors »
