Two definitive takeover offers were officially made to the Rothschild investment bank to buy the Girondins de Bordeaux from the American shareholder King Street, who wished to withdraw, we learned Thursday from the club's entourage. Bordeaux.
On Monday, Didier Quillot, the former executive director general of the Professional Football League (LFP), supported by French and Anglo-Saxon investors, was the first to make an offer to Rothschild to take over the navy and white club.
This Thursday, two initially competing projects, led by Gérard Lopez, former president of Lille, and Pascal Rigo, a Girondin entrepreneur who made his fortune in the bakery in California and associated with Stéphane Martin, former president of the club (2017-2018), have decided to merge to increase their chance of being retained by decision makers, namely King Street and Fortress, a lender fund.
"We have therefore decided to unite our efforts in the search for a rapid and lasting solution for the future of the Girondins de Bordeaux"
Joint press release MM.
Lopez and Rigo
“
The discussions we started a few days ago have enabled us to observe strong convergences between our projects and the great complementarity of our operational teams. We have therefore decided to unite our efforts in the search for a rapid and lasting solution for the future of the Girondins de Bordeaux,
”explained Thursday in a joint press release MM. Lopez and Rigo.
“
We are convinced that our association will allow, initially, to get the club out of the difficulties in which it is currently and, in the medium term, to allow this institution to find a level of performance in line with its history. And, beyond the quantitative objectives, our ambition is quite simply to give pleasure and pride to the navy and white community which has mobilized magnificently in recent months,
”the text concludes. This team, which was described as a "
good idea
" by the mayor (EELV) of Bordeaux Pierre Hurmic who met Gérard Lopez earlier this week, also received the support of the group of Ultramarines supporters.
“
Very happy, as we explained yesterday, of the formalization of this merger between passionate and determined people. The union of complementary projects will allow immediate operational control and an even stronger sporting ambition
, ”tweeted its representative Florian Brunet. If one of these two offers is deemed satisfactory by King-Street, the transfer of the Bordeaux club could take place in the next few days.