Even if he finished exercise 2024-2025 in Ligue 1 to 19 points from Paris Saint-Germain in the rankings,
Olympique de Marseille No less his season. By finishing in second place, the Marseille club qualified directly for the next Champions League.
Frank McCourt therefore draws up a positive assessment. “It was a very good season, stressful but the result is positive. The objective is now to systematically qualify for the Champions League and to start a virtuous circle. (…) Now we are entering a phase where the objective is to lasting the club permanently for this competition. Any lower result will be a failure. It's as simple as that “said OM's owner during an interview given to the JDD.
The businessman has no shortage of ambitions for
The next exercise. “I have set two sporting objectives for next season: requalifying themselves in the Champions League and performing in D1 Arkema for women, back in the elite”underlines the p71 -year -old Hilanthrope.
McCourt, almost ten years at OM
Frank McCourt also insists on wanting to be written over time. “I will start my tenth season at OM, he recalls. I invested $ 750 million in the club (around 640 million euros, editor's note). I am neither a investment capital company nor a state. The McCourt group is a family and we are very attached to Marseille. »»
Frank McCourt had officially become the new owner of Olympique de Marseille on October 17, 2016, succeeding Margarita Louis-Dreyfus. For more than four years, rumors have persisted on an imminent takeover of the Olympian club by Saudi investors, without any formal offer having been presented.
