Currently, French football is going through a very complicated period. The TV rights soap opera puts clubs in a dangerous financial situation and the disaster is close to many. Is this the case for OM? Owner of the Marseille club, Frank McCourt spoke on this danger, ensuring that there would be no concern given his finances.
Arrived at the head of OM in 2016, Frank McCourt has already invested enormously in the Marseille club. “” I will start my tenth season at OM. I invested $ 750 million (€ 640 million) in the club. I am neither an investment capital company nor a state. The McCourt group is a family and we are very attached to Marseille “Said the billionaire. And now McCourt is still ready to inject cash, which allows theWhether To breathe a little better in this period when French football and its clubs live a very precarious situation.
“OM is not in danger”
Thanks to Frank McCourt and his fortune, theWhether would argue serious problems. “” In this context, is OM in danger? OM is not in danger because we continue to support and support it financially. My goal is a lasting ecosystem with good governance. This is what we have today “, Recognized the American in an interview with Sunday newspaper.
“My work is to make OM remain stable in an unstable championship”
Frank McCourt then continued with the financial health of theWhether : « I am the owner of the club and the guarantor of the vision that we have implemented: our supervisory board is very effective, Pablo Longoria does an excellent job, just like Medhi Benatia and Alessandro Antonelo who has just joined us and of course Roberto de Zerbi on the ground. We are on the same wavelength, we have a high level of competence and we see the results. OM is stable. My job is to do it in an unstable championship ».
