According to journalist Thibaud Vezirian, who constantly repeats that the sale of Olympique de Marseille is complete, Frank McCourt is completely disinterested in the Olympian club. Proof of the imminence of the transfer.
Olympique de Marseille had an eventful start to the season. Consequence of the stormy meeting between representatives of supporters and Marseille leaders. The crisis brewed for several days, leading to the departure of Marcelino, and many observers were surprised not to see Frank McCourt arrive.
The American businessman has always maintained a long-distance relationship with the Marseille club. But his absence when OM went through dark times shocked Marseille. “ Franck McCourt must whistle the end of recess. Everyone needs to come to their senses and know where we are going. We need to set a course. We cannot leave a club which has such a strong history, with such extraordinary supporters, with a leader who does what he can in difficult conditions, without direction, without strategy and without vision for the future. I am clearly waiting for the main shareholder on this issue », had launched the mayor of the city, Benoît Payan.
The councilor’s pressure nevertheless remained in vain, the owner of OM not deigning to make the trip to Marseille. Nothing surprising in the eyes of Thibaud VĂ©zirian, convinced for three years of the club’s underbelly. “ We see, Frank McCourt no longer comes, no longer cares about the club, no longer gives directives, does not present an organization chart and does not care about what is happening. To the point of leaving the Supervisory Board and being obsessed with his new project…”, he said in a video broadcast on the Canal Olympien YouTube channel.
According to the journalist, the sale has been confirmed and its formalization scheduled for the end of the season. “It seems obligatory, it seems logical, it seems inevitable that it will be done at this time (at the start of next season, Editor’s note). Now, it’s not me who decides, but I hope so, even before next summer, otherwise it would really have become a crazy sketch “, he added. However, the sketch has already been going on for three years…
