While rumors surrounding the sale of Olympique de Marseille have been multiplying for several weeks, Julien Fournier, former manager of OGC Nice, has cooled the enthusiasm of those who want to believe in a sale of the Olympique club.
The saga of the sale of Olympique de Marseille seems endless. The issue has recently gotten heated again. Consequence of the exit of David Berger, journalist at Canal+, on the set of Late Football Club. According to him, Saudi Arabia is indeed in advanced discussions with the McCourt clan and the matter could be finalized in the coming weeks. But the hopes of Marseille supporters, most of whom are in favor of the sale of the club, risk being dampened by the words of Julien Fournier, former general manager of OGC Nice, at the microphone of RMC.
According to him, a sale of Olympique de Marseille is not on the agenda. And his words have all the more weight as he would have been involved in discussions this summer between the McCourt clan and Saudi Arabia. “ Marseille, I spent twelve years there, I have a particular attachment to this club, this city. To be transparent with you, it’s not ‘Julien Fournier is going to come with the Saudis’. It was that at one point, there was someone who was interested in the club and who contacted me because he knew that I knew the environment and to find out if there was Possibility of… “, he first clarified.
“I just went to get the information, and the seller not being a seller, there was no question of making an Ajroudi, he continued. Politely, kindly, but firmly, he (Frank McCourt) told me that he wanted to keep the club. When you love a club, you shouldn’t go and make a mess there. If one day he (McCourt) is a salesman, if someone comes to see me because they are interested, why not. But today, it’s more fantasy than anything else. »
