Whenever he had doubts about his solvency, when he was sarcastic about his project, his relatives confided that Samir Ben Romdhane was having a very bad time with this questioning. The decision of the DNACG, Monday, to issue a new opinion unfavorable to its plan to take over the ASBH has fueled a little more the misunderstanding, the grudge, the anger of the Franco-Emirati businessman. Who does not taste at all what he considers a humiliation in the public square. The only consolation was that he received comforting support from the mayor of Béziers. Interviewed by RMC Sport, Robert Ménard blamed responsibility for this failure on… Christophe Dominici.
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"The discussion stalled on a check made by one of the representatives of the company Sotaco International, a personal check ( from Samir Ben Romdhane, Editor's note ) but the DNACG demanded that it be a cashier's check. She was surely scalded by a number of stories in the past where she had to deal with people who did not have the shoulders as solid as they claimed. But I couldn't see Samir Ben Romdhane writing a wooden check at the risk of ruining his entire reputation. (…) I think that the emphasis of Christophe Dominici's words, to promise too much and to explain that by bringing in fifteen stars, we were sure of going up in the Top 14, that did not participate in making the offer available to DNACG eyes. Those around him are infinitely more credible than these words. Infinitely more credible… ”
The photo of a bank check drawn on the personal account of Mr Ben Romdhane without proof of provision
The current leaders of ASBH do not share this analysis at all. They had already, on several occasions, expressed their mistrust and their doubts towards the Abu Dhabi investor. Monday evening, a few hours after Samir Ben Romdhane's decision to throw in the towel, they did not spare him in a revenge vitriolic press release. And to reveal that "the only two documents of solvency of the project transmitted directly by Sotaco Management on July 9, 2020 to the DNACG, same day of the hearing were an attestation of the CHINA BANK in Beijing specifying that the shareholder of Sotaco Managment benefited on his account held in Beijing of 20 million dollars, document awaiting authentication; the photo of a bank check from a German establishment, drawn on the personal account of Mr Samir Ben Romdhane, without proof of the provision on the account. " A first guarantee check in the amount of € 6 million payable to the SASP of the ASBH drawn up by the Commerzbank in Frankfurt. And to conclude by "deeply regretting that the promises made by Sotaco Managment were not accompanied by concrete elements likely to convince the members of the DNACG whose role is to check the solvency of the ambitions of the clubs".
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A direct attack to further discredit the emirati ex-takeover's project, even if it means questioning its solvency and the solidity of its business. For a little reply, also via a press release, by Samir Ben Romdhane. “The magic of a project has died out today ( yesterday, note ). We were buying a relatively very expensive damaged car and the seller is asking us to prove that we can make it more beautiful than it was. We will see if they just manage to run it ... ”Response this Thursday. The team in place passes in turn in front of the DNACG. And they would still have 1.75 million euros to find to balance the budget and avoid demotion in the amateur championship. They would then bite their fingers, perhaps, for having rejected the financial offer of the Franco-Emirati investor ...
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