OM. Mourad Boudjellal has confirmed himself, this Friday lunchtime, on the antenna of RMC, that he was a candidate for the takeover of the Olympic of Marseille, next to a business man, a franco-tunisian and supported by funds from the Middle East. The former leader of the club rugby RC Toulon's ambition to become the president of the OM.
[updated June 26, 2020 at 15h42] "It is no matter what, these are fake news, the club is not for sale" : these words date from the 15 may last, and is signed Jacques-Henry Eyraud. The current president of the OM (of which the main shareholder is the American Frank McCourt), reacting to a rumor of a takeover of the famous football club of marseille by saudi arabian prince Al-Walid bin Talal, the head of a fortune estimated at more than 17 billion euros. The wind has turned, it seems, in the end of the month of June since Mourad Boudjellal, a former CEO of a publishing house and a former shareholder and president of the RC Toulon, has confirmed himself, this Friday, in the emission les Grandes Gueules, on RMC, as the Olympique de Marseille was for sale and that it was part of a project of recovery. "I had to resume the club of Toulon (editor's NOTE : the Sporting Toulon, rugby club National, 2), it has dragged. I confirmed this morning that I am the bearer of an offer for the club from the OM state fund and private in the Middle East, which come from oil, water, and energy, which are worn by a business man-franco-tunisian who is very important. I can not give his name for the moment, because a private bank has been mandated to make an offer to repurchase to Mr. McCourt. Everything is for sale ".
Mourad Boudjellal has confirmed his involvement in this project of redemption of the OM, this afternoon, on the occasion of a press conference held in Toulon, france. "It is a project that is fear, but on which I committed myself., has he entrusted to you. "A bank of cases with an international dimension is called today to make an offer to repurchase the OM, and if this offer is accepted by Mr Mc Court, I will not be able to keep my commitments at the Sporting Club de Toulon (...) My first choice today, it is Olympique Marseille, with the objective of creating a club with a mediterranean identity very strong." The former boss of RC Toulon has also indicated that he had been "authorized to make such statements", but also that the takeover offer would be made next week ("Monday or Tuesday"), and that in case of realization of negotiations, it would be well for the president of the club phocéen ("I was asked to the project").
Date Of Update: 26 June 2020, 09:57
