Even if Frank McCourt is still concerned about the future of Olympique de Marseille, a sale to investors from Saudi Arabia is still relevant, Rolland Courbis reveals the Saudi plans.
The season being over, the rumors will now fuse from all sides around the Marseille club. History to continue to talk about OM while the news will be much calmer without the matches, the transfer window and the possible sale of the club are never far away. And the rumors have already started, since according to Rolland Courbis, Saudi Arabia would have in mind to buy OM to compete with PSG of Qatar. In any case, this is what Michel Moulin, the former leader of PSG, entrusted to him.
“They are going to buy a rival French club from Paris Saint Germain”
Courbis announces that Saudi Arabia could take over a rival French club from PSG and see Zizou as a possible coach (info or intox according to you?) #TeamOM #OM #SaleOM pic.twitter.com/CGSyHaOr3M
— OLYMPIAN CHANNEL (@CANAL_OLYMPIAN) June 4, 2023
“Following the success of the World Cup in Qatar, Saudi Arabia is on all fronts. They have already taken Cristiano Ronaldo, they are going to take Benzema, they are making eyes at Messi… Now they also want to compete with Qatar in France. Besides, Michel Moulin told me that Saudi Arabia is not going to stop there and that they are going to buy a rival French club from Paris Saint Germain. I don’t know if he had confidences, but I think it’s true, since nine times out of ten when he tells me something, it happens a few weeks later… And when I asked him if Zidane didn’t could not become OM coach with the possible arrival of Saudi Arabia, he laughed. So this all seems plausible to me. In any case, it would be very interesting for French football! », swung the former Marseille coach on RMC. A real bomb that will make noise around the Vélodrome, knowing that the Marseillais all dream of seeing Zidane on the sidelines of OM with the financial means of the Saudis.
Frank McCourt is still active
Except that for the moment, all this is only a fantasy, since Frank McCourt is still fully invested in the Marseille project. While he does not intend to sell OM in the near future, according to the Twitter account @LaMinuteOM_, the American businessman is indeed active. From June 13 to 18, he has for example planned to meet Pablo Longoria and Javier Ribalta in the United States to discuss the next Marseille season. While the name of Igor Tudor’s replacement on the OM bench could be known by then, McCourt will take advantage of these meetings to put pressure on his leaders for the next summer transfer window, where Marseille will have to make big sales before they can recruit new players. Suffice to say that a possible sale to Saudi investors does not seem to be the priority at the moment in Marseille.
