3rd fortune in France and 27th fortune in the world, the founder of the Kering group and owner of Stade Rennais, François Pinault, called on the world of wine to unite to save the Girondins de Bordeaux.
Dropped by the American shareholder King Street and in great sporting difficulty, the team in the scapular jersey is going through a very complicated season.
Owner of Château Latour, premier grand cru classé of Pauillac, in Gironde, François Pinault, in an open letter posted on the website of our colleagues in the
South-West
, invited his fellow owners of Bordeaux grands crus to resemble each other around a takeover project, a project that the billionaire would support.
Open letter to my colleagues, owners of Bordeaux Grands Crus
“Like all French football lovers, I am moved at the idea of seeing the Girondins de Bordeaux in danger of disappearing.
Breton and owner of Stade Rennais, I have been measuring for decades how much the identity of a club and if possible its successes are part of the social contract in a region.
Associated for thirty years in Bordeaux life, through Château Latour, I think that the existence of the mythical club that is the Girondins is important for Bordeaux, its influence, its balance with which all wine owners can only identify.
What is the economic force which, in this region, can give itself the objective of safeguarding the Girondins and of developing them?
The world of wine and in particular the owners of great vintages.
The legitimate rules on club ownership prohibit me from setting up a plan to take over the Girondins, since my group is the sole shareholder of Stade Rennais.
On the other hand, I am ready to lend my support to any operation set up by the players in the wine industry and I will do so with enthusiasm.
I therefore call on my fellow owners to meet in order to prepare a plan to take over the Girondins. ”
Francois Pinault
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