OM would indeed be for sale. And not necessarily to Saudis according to information from Le Monde.
The rumor is starting to date, happily fueled by the club’s average performances. This time, however, the tremors are such that a media like Le Monde gets involved, relaying corroborating sources for a formal conclusion: Frank McCourt is indeed seeking to sell OM.
“ In Marseille and Toulouse, the current owners, Americans, are working to give up their place to compatriots. Boston businessman Frank McCourt, owner of OM since 2016, has been a starter for months », underlines the daily, which does not give more credit than that to the Saudi track – the famous PIF (Public Investment Fund) focusing on the development of its own championship.
An investment multiplied by 8?
Seen from the United States, Europe – and even more so Ligue 1 – represents a bargain market, the ideal playing field for sports speculation with lower initial investment. All the funds in the ranks dream of a Manchester United model – valued five times today what the Glazer family deigned to bet in 2005; or between 5 and 6 billion euros. Frank McCourt is on his way to perhaps doing better. In 2016, OM cost him some 50 million euros, plus a few slates; However, the Marseille club is today estimated at nearly 400 million euros.
