If the rumor of a sale of OM is suddenly revived, while owner Frank McCourt seems ever more distant, some observers of the Marseille club believe that there is no interest from Saudi Arabia.
What if the rumor of a sale of OM to Saudi Arabia was really false? These are two major media outlets which have put a piece back in the machine maintained by the independent journalist Thibaud Vérizian, who had announced the takeover of the Marseille club by the Saudis in 2021. David Berger, presenter of Canal+, suddenly announced an operation worth 400 million euros, and The Team spoke of the discretion of owner Frank McCourt and “ an inevitable process “.
While the team’s season is a disaster due to the failures of President Pablo Longoria, the Ciel et Blanc supporters (at least those who dream of the arrival of the sovereign fund of Saudi Arabia like in Newcastle) are calmed down by an indiscretion given by the presenter of the Phocaeanreference media around OM. Romain Haering estimate that “ the Saudi state is not, for the moment, really interested ” and that'” we are no longer on this rumor from the Saudi state, less and less “.
The Marseille journalist thus evokes a Thibaud Vérizian who is now stubborn after having received this information of a possible takeover by the Saudis (which never materialized). Which has the gift of dividing Marseille supporters. “ It’s destabilization, and it has hurt the club and the supporters “, notes Romain Haering, who perhaps imagines OM passing into the hands of ” multi-billionaires » but also be sold « to quiches » as in Bordeaux and OL.
