A French club soon under Saudi pavilion? After having bought the English club in Newcastle in 2021, Saudi Arabia does not intend to stop there and intends to continue its development in world football. To do this, the wealthy oil country would have a league 1 club in its viewfinder.
To believe The informedthe Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) would be “seriously” interested in the idea of investing in the OGC Nice. For the moment, there would be nothing serious, but the interest of the Saudis would be real.
The French Riviera club was bought in 2019 by the British billionaire and boss of Ineos, Jim Ratcliffe. But the latter today seems to want to disengage from the gym after having invested in Manchester United, of which he offered 29% of the shares for 1.250 billion euros.
The disengagement of Jim Ratcliffe becomes clearer
It is in this context that Jim Ratcliffe therefore mandated Banque Lazard in order to find a buyer for a total or partial sale of the Aiglons. Last June, the English press already revealed that the British businessman was thinking of separating from the OGC Nice.
And his last media outing about the Nice formation clearly let her want to give in hand. “” I don't particularly like going to see Nice because there are no good players, but because the level of football is not high enough for me to get excited,
had he castigated. The best season in Nice is the one where we have not been authorized to get involved due to the rules of multi -ownership. They were so much better without our interference! There may be a lesson to learn from it. »It remains to be seen whether the PIF will be the buyer.
