The rumor is well-founded. Mourad Boudjellal told "20 Minutes" that he was a Middle Eastern fund holder with a view to buying Olympique de Marseille, confirming the information from L'Equipe . An internationally renowned investment bank has been mandated to contact Frank McCourt, the current owner of the club.
“I can simply tell you that there are state funds and private companies. I am the bearer of the project to bring it to completion. [Being president] if I am in charge of the project, that is a bit of the objective, "declared the former boss of the RCT before adding that he will soon contact Emmanuel Macron. "I will text the president to give him the identity of the people because it is foreign funds," he added.
The Toulon Sporting Club in plan B
The Olympic takeover project appears to be the priority of the businessman, who will not finally take over the Toulon Sporting Club as it was initially planned, for lack of being able to withdraw from the OM project. “I said last week that I had a commitment elsewhere and that I had to disengage from it. And I can't opt out. In other words, they refuse to let me disengage from it, ”he said.
Toulon nonetheless remains a plan B for Boudjellal, in case the approach to the Middle East does not succeed: “We will contact McCourt directly. After if he is not a seller, he will not be a seller. But I have the impression that he would rather have an interest in listening to us. "
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