Mentioned at the beginning of the fall, the possible arrival of Zinedine Zidane at Olympique de Marseille was once again mentioned by Thibaud Vézirian.
The weeks pass and the supporters of Olympique de Marseille still see nothing coming, except denials from the leaders of the Marseille club. However, rumors surrounding the sale of the Marseille club to Saudi Arabia have been numerous in recent weeks. And if The Team where the Telegraph were content to confirm the interest of Saudi investors in OM, some went much further.
At the beginning of the fall, France Bleu revealed that Zinedine Zidane had given his agreement to the Saudis to become the new manager of OM in the event of the club’s takeover. The former playmaker would have been seduced by the ambitious project presented by Saudi Arabia and would have obtained serious guarantees, including having control over recruitment with a transfer envelope of some 300 million. Information which had obviously excited Marseille fans.
And according to journalist Thibaud Vézirian, who considers the sale of OM acquired for almost three years now, this information would have been confirmed to him in private. “The rumor of the takeover of OM and Zinédine Zidane was announced by Bruno Blanzat, a journalist from France Bleu Provence, who often goes to the Commanderie. He confirmed privately that he had very strong and very reliable sources, he explained in his latest video on Team Football. As he is at the Commanderie all the time, he did not want to get involved in the story of the OM sale, because he did not follow everything, at least in public, and did not want to attract problems as he works closer to the club. He says: “If buyout, there will be Zidane”. I don’t have any information with Zidane, I have good relations with them, I don’t want to disturb them. We each have our own information, him, it’s Zidane, me, it’s the takeover. »
