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Prince of Saudi Arabia: Billionaire Al-Waleed Bin Talal decided to buy Marseille for € 400 million
Recently, some very interesting information has been revealed related to the plans of the Arab giants to build new forces in another tournament at the top of European football.
According to Sport (Spain), Mr. Al-Waleed Bin Talal, one of the members of the Saudi royal family, a businessman and investor with large assets in this Muslim country, is very close. Acquisition of Olympique de Marseille for up to 400 million euros.
Time magazine (United States) once described Bin Talal as “the Arab billionaire Warren Buffett”. In November 2017, Forbes estimated that this 1955 wealthy man had a net worth of $ 18.7 billion, the 45th richest person in the world.
The Velodrome team is currently owned by owner Frank McCourt. The American billionaire was also the head of the famous Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team in the American Professional League (MLB). In 2016 McCourt bought the French soccer club Marseille for just € 40 million.
However, after 4 years, the business situation for this American boss was difficult, especially when the Covid-19 pandemic this year caused Ligue 1 to end early in the 2019/20 season.
The local Velodrome team is led by former Chelsea manager – “Mourinho the second” Andre Vilas-Boas
Marseille could not prevent PSG from receiving the championship early. Coach Andre Vilas-Boas’ team accepted second place in France this season with the ticket to the Champions League group stage next season. Velodrome owner Frank McCourt is struggling financially with debt of up to € 100 million.
If Marseille returns to Al-Waleed Bin Talal, with the financial backing of the Saudi Arabian Royal Family, it can be said that they will be the true counterpart of PSG (currently backed by the Qatar Investment Fund against Nasser Al). -Khelaifi as president) in Ligue 1 races and national titles next season.
Even in the future, “Les Phocéens” can also recruit “highly successful” contracts to regain European glory as when they were crowned in the Champions League in the 1992/93 season.
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