Frank McCourt has no intention of negotiating the sale of OM with Mohamed Ajroudi. - Boris HORVAT / AFP

And one more twist in the OM buyout affair, one! After assuring in the media that he did not want to sell Olympique de Marseille, owner Frank McCourt formally rejected the offer to negotiate from Franco-Tunisian businessman Mohamed Ajroudi, according to an email that AFP was able to consult Thursday.

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The lawyer of the American, Olivier de Vilmorin, makes "part, in a formal and definitive way, of the response of (his) client: the club is not for sale, Mr. McCourt does not wish to engage in discussions with your clients ". From there to say that this announcement definitively puts an end to the rumors of redemption of the club, there is a step that we refuse to take for the time being.

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