The affair would be close to being concluded according to RMC Sport . The local track of a takeover by the current main shareholder, the property developer Pierre-Louis Angelotti, soared following the latter's financial difficulties, the hypothesis of seeing the ASBH fly under the flag of the United Arab Emirates, with the ex-international Christophe Dominici, a strong man of the Pro D2 club, is gaining in thickness.
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Our colleagues indeed announce that, according to a “source very close to the file”, “it's done 99%. If the cumulative deficit is less than 3.5 million euros, the recovery should be approved ”. Investors from Abu Dhabi are indeed willing to invest € 10 million to pay off debts and revive the club with 11 shields from Brennus. They set this limit on debts in order to keep around € 7 million to be able to recruit and go after their stated ambition: to go back to the Top 14 as quickly as possible to play the leading roles.
Signature of the buyout on Thursday if the UAE project is validated
The verdict is expected Monday evening since a meeting is set at 9 p.m., at the town hall of Béziers, in the presence of the mayor, Robert Ménard, the shareholders of SASP AS Béziers Hérault (Angelotti therefore, and the two co-chairs, Cédric Bistué and Pierre-Olivier Valaize), as well as Christophe Dominici and counsel for the buyers. Information confirmed by Midi Olympique .
At the end of this meeting, a decision should be made. Still according to RMC Sport , if the UAE-Dominici project is validated, Robert Ménard will travel to Paris on Thursday for the signing of the takeover by Christophe Dominici and his associates. As a reminder, investors had set an ultimatum: their offer remains valid only until the end of May.
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