According to Julien Fournier, it seems that the sale of OM, so desired by the club’s supporters, cannot happen at the moment.
The sale of Olympique de Marseille is a soap opera which continues to animate debates. After recent information from David Berger, journalist at Canal+, who claimed that Saudi Arabia was in advanced discussions with the McCourt clan, Julien Fournier, former general manager of OGC Nice, denied this information.
“It’s more fantasy than anything else”
“ 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’, declared Fournier on RMC. 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… “
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The former manager of the Gym then explained that Frank McCourt was not a salesman. “I just went to get the information, and the seller not being a seller, there was no question of making an Ajroudi, continued Fournier. 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. »
