"Olympique de Marseille is not for sale", assured the president of the club, Jacques-Henri Eyraud Saturday, the day after the revelation of a buyout offer made by the former leader of the Toulon Rugby Club, Mourad Boudjellal. "I thank the people who have a financial interest in OM, but we are not interested in the session," added "JHE".
Friday, the offer of 700 million euros, with Saudi funds, led by Mourad Boudjellal, had agitated French football. This offer would be articulated in 300 million euros for the buyout of the club, 200 million euros to settle debts and another 200 million euros for the transfer window.
Good price or offer submitted too early?
Frank McCourt, the American owner of OM, has already invested more than 300 million euros in the club: 50 million euros on purchase, 78 million euros in debt recovery and around 220 million euros in transfers. Some sources close to the case believe that 300 million euros is a good price for Frank McCourt, who would not lose too much in the case.
Others, on the contrary, point out that the American businessman, if he has to resell, will do so much later and profitably. He had thus made a very nice financial transaction by selling his baseball team of the Los Angeles Dodgers more than 2 billion dollars when he had bought them 430 million dollars. Internally, it is emphasized that the McCourt project is "long term".