Frank McCourt's latest development on the supposed sale of OM was not enough to end the soap opera, which has been in suspense for several years.
The soap opera of the sale of OM seemed to be finished for good. Even more after the last declarations of Frank McCourt which, in the Sunday newspaperonce again dismissed this scenario. “The club is not for sale and you should not give way to any ambiguity on this. What matters is the stability of Olympique de Marseille and its ability to continue to grow ”he said. A speech that does not convince Thibaud Vézirian.
The journalist, who has been fueling rumor for several years, announcing as an imminent the arrival of Saudi investors, believes that the American owner is lying. “Behind the punchlines, there is not much concretehe says on his Twitch channel. Where it becomes more credible, it is when it talks about the 750 million euros invested. One might think that it is thanks to the guarantees he has for the rest that he can today adopt such a posture. »»
“It is also to make an impression and get out through the big door. He works on the image, it's essentialhe continues. Investors? He doesn't wait anyone anymore, everything is already tied up. We are in business secret. McCourt tries to present himself as an accomplished businessman. »» So who to believe in this file? For Pierre Ménès, this supposed sale of OM does not stand up, simply because it would have been concluded for a long time if it was really in the pipes.
OM sale, “a vast damn since the start”
“I have always had the same position. The Saudis are like the Qatari: when they want something, they do not procrastinate. They inquire, they think and at some point, paf, they make the check. This is what Qatar did with PSGhe explains in his program Facing Pierrotbroadcast on YouTube. It is impossible to see Saudis procrastinates so much time for OM and I think it is a vast damn from the start. »»
“It may have crossed their minds but it never went further and we see that Frank McCourt is not a seller anyway”adds the former Canal+journalist. At the orders of OM since 2016, Frank McCourt says he is ready to open the capital of the Marseille club: “We could cooperate with new investors, but only if there is a strategic reason, if they share the same values, and Marseille are not for sale. »»
