• For a year, rumors of the sale of OM have multiplied.

    To the point of creating real opposition between supporters on social networks.

  • “The OM community is very powerful” on social networks, especially on Twitter.

    And some “go so far as to be harassed”.

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While the rumors around the sale of Olympique de Marseille seemed to fade somewhat in the absence of formalization at the end of May, Jacques Bayle, consultant for Maritima revived the debates at the end of last week .

“I had information, evidence I obviously do not have, information from the people that I have had is information that seems really very interesting to me.

I have important information from people not necessarily from the football world.

These are negotiations that are underway, I was told of advanced negotiations, I did not speak of a sale.

When you don't know, you keep quiet, that I know, there are negotiations, there is no sale for the moment, maybe it's done but I don't know ” , he explains in a video.

"Obviously, a sale is probable"

Many precautions for the consultant both this question, and the rumors that surround it, panics the community of supporters of OM. Some are convinced of a sale, like Kylian, 18. “You still have a deficit of 150 million euros this year, you tell yourself that inevitably a sale is probable or at least an entry into the capital. Saudi Arabia wants to compete with Qatar, so buying OM for competition with Paris is possible. And Thibaud Vezirian [columnist on the channel L'Equipe] gave a lot of information, he can not burn his credibility by saying anything, ”he believes.

Fabien is of the same opinion.

“Vezirian's formal notice for disclosing secret information is one of the biggest things that makes me believe a sale.

The announcement by Canal + of a special program on the sale of OM, then its cancellation at the last minute is another.

Not to mention Jacques Bayle, who was very skeptical about a sale, who comes to say that there are negotiations in progress ”, list the supporter.

"Guys are going too far"

But others are now tired of waiting for this formalization which should have taken place in May, still according to Thibaud Vezirian. "It gets drunk because it drags on, there is always news, then counter-information on if and that. The month of May was mentioned, in the end nothing happened. I am rather in the optics of refocusing on McCourt, Longoria and Sampaoli, even if I continue to go at least once a day on Twitter to see what is going on there ”, explains Alexandre, 32 years old, and supporter of OM since always.

It is on this social network that the opposition between those who believe in a sale, and those who do not believe in it becomes glaring.

Just look at the debates under our call for witnesses to write this article.

“As soon as you have a Saudi who says something, and even if he speaks astrology, a politician who says that Marseille is beautiful, they are below to talk about the sale.

At one point, it's heavy and it gives us an image of desperation.

The other day the Football Club Marseille account publishes "Hello", you have a guy who made the link with the sale by replying "Why are you saying hello today and not the others, something is going on? sure".

Guys are going too far, ”says John.

"There are enough to see that we have a second division team"

Antoine is a supporter of OM, and has worked in the media for 20 years. He amused himself by scrutinizing the way in which the subject is treated. “There is a divide between traditional media and 'neojournalists' on new platforms like Twitter or Twitch. Many think "We silenced the media on this sale" because traditional media like

L'Equipe

or RMC tend to deny and proventes become hysterical by thinking that Image 7 [communication agency advising McCourt] reserves the excluded to Canal +.

The way it goes is incredible, you have guys who go so far as to be harassed.

The OM community is very powerful, I had released an info on a player supervised at the Toulon tournament, I had had a lot of retweets, and guys would threaten me if the info was false, it's hysterical .

It is somewhat similar to the conspiracy principles that we can see on the coronavirus, ”he deciphers.

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These spat around the OM sale are also and above all the symbol of a complicated and frustrating period for its supporters facing competition from clubs like Lyon, Monaco, and especially PSG.

“This #venteOM hashtag was created because there are no real teams since Deschamps.

The hardest part is that you cannot fight against Paris.

So yes, there was the enchanted parenthesis of the Europa League, but you will never fight against the biggest, ”says Alexandre.

“In any case, we cannot be measured with OM.

Of course we are afraid of being disappointed if the sale does not take place, but we are tired of seeing that we have a second division team ”, summarizes Fabien.

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