The speeches are very rare on the side of Saudi Arabia on the rumors of the takeover of Olympique de Marseille. But a very close adviser to Prince Al Walid reacted to information from Romain Molina.
The summer has not yet officially started, but the soap opera of the sale of Olympique de Marseille has resumed with a vengeance. Saudi Arabia’s interest in buying a club in France is now more and more pronounced, and OM remain an ideal prey. Frank McCourt is greedy but possibly a seller in the event of a good offer, as the Provençal club has cost him more than brought in since his arrival following the Louis-Dreyfus family. Above all, the Saudi Kingdom aims to invest massively in European football, and a base in France capable of competing with PSG of Qatar must certainly itch Saudi investors.
A Chinese proverb to calm everyone down?
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However, information follows denials, and vice versa. This Monday evening, Romain Molina took advantage of a specialized discussion on the subject on social networks to explain that Frank McCourt was asking for an exorbitant sum to sell OM, and therefore that it was clearly not about to be done. . The independent journalist suggested that Saudi Arabia could turn to another club, or were not ready to put indecent sums to recover the Marseille team.
Kacy Grine responds to @Romain_Molina 👊#venteom https://t.co/V1B14YZCSv pic.twitter.com/UOS83nDySJ
— zazoas 🇸🇦 (@_zazoas_) June 12, 2023
Obviously, this speech has come to the ears of a man who matters a lot for Saudi investments. This is Kacy Grine, special adviser to Saudi Prince Al Walid bin Talal, who has taken an active part in each of the Kingdom’s major investments in recent years. The American is also very active on the networks, and he therefore bounced back on the exit of Romain Molina, visibly annoyed to see him speak on behalf of the Saudis. ” Those who know do not speak, those who speak do not know », launched the investment banker, quoting its author who is none other than the mythical Chinese sage Lao-Tseu, for whom actions are worth 1000 times more than words. The message has in any case passed, and the numerous speeches on the subject are annoying in Saudi Arabia, which Kacy Grine has decided to make clear. In this story, if those who know do not speak, given the countless speeches in recent days, they are therefore not very many to know where this possible sale of OM is concretely.
