Jérôme Rothen confirmed this Wednesday that there was a strong chance that the powerful club from the south of France would go under the Saudi flag.
After the Qataris, it will perhaps soon be the turn of the Saudis to arrive in French football. As they did in England with Newcastle United, the representatives of the Kingdom are acquiring a major club to establish themselves a little more in the world of football.
The information was confirmed this Wednesday by Jérome Rothen, the former footballer who now works as a radio consultant. “He is a prince who is number 2, behind the Saudi royal family. It’s a big, big family that really wants to invest in France. What is certain is that there have been a lot of exchanges in recent weeks, rapprochements because they also invested in private property which belonged to the princely family of Monaco. Nothing to do with football. These affairs have created a rapprochement on football, sport and there is automatically interest from the Saudis. »
Monaco is the priority of the Saudis
The former PSG player insists that it is Monaco and not OM which mainly interests these businessmen. “I was also told that there was interest in OM a few years ago, but today there was no follow-up, he specifies. That doesn’t mean that they won’t come, but for the moment they are more interested in AS Monaco than in OM. But there are still plenty of details to sort out. The investment bank (in charge of the sale of AS Monaco) has three offers on the table, but it is on the side of the Russians. »
Rothen had already given some information the day before in his show. He therefore seems to be well aware of the behind-the-scenes maneuvers.
