Candidate for the buyout of OM, the Franco-Tunisian businessman reveals his project and his ambitions at Le Figaro. “I want to do it for the pleasure of doing it, with friends. We want to have a good round table, with professionals, people who know the region. I would be unable to do it alone. (…) It is a Mediterranean project. There are Saudi, UAE and Israeli companies. It is not enough to find the financiers, it is necessary to find the men also on the ground like Mourad ( Boudjellal) who did well with Toulon from scratch. For the sportsman, I opted for him. He will be the president of Olympique de Marseille. There will be other specialists that you will discover. People who have always been in OM, football, sports, well-known names, some very well known. We did not go on an adventure. The team is ready to work tomorrow. The organization chart is there, ”Mohamed Ayachi Aroudji told us about his plan to buy OM.
Relaunched on negotiations with Frank McCourt, the 68-year-old businessman said more to Le Figaro. “The seller says he doesn't want to sell and the buyer wants to buy as cheaply as possible. The price opposite must be that of the buyer, not that of the seller. (…) The objective is to sit around a table to discuss. How long will it take? It does not depend on me. We are not as rushed as we can read or hear. We want to make a gentlemen's agreement with the current owner. The day there is a handover, we remain friends. We don't want to do an aggressive thing. We are not in a hurry. We have our team, we are moving forward, surely. ”
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