Posted December 20, 2021 at 8:30 pm by Dan Marciano
While Roland Romeyer wanted to complete the sale of ASSE before the end of the year 2021, the Saint-Etienne club will have trouble keeping to the timing.
Winner of SC Lyon in Coupe de France this Sunday (0-1), the ASSE gave herself a breath of fresh air after a disastrous start to the season. Red lantern of the championship, the Saint-Etienne club changed coach after a heavy defeat against Rennes on December 5 (0-5). Exit Claude Puel, replaced by Pascal Dupraz . The former coach of Rennes and Caen signed with ASSE until the end of the season. A change, which relegated the soap opera about the sale of the team to the background. On November 23, the KPMG cabinet dismissed several cases, in particular that carried by Jean-Michel Roussier and Mathieu Bodmer , but “new candidates came forward with files that meet the criteria requested by KPMG ”. According to RMC Sport, two projects are in pole position: the one carried by Russian investors, leaders of Total Sports Investments , and the 777 Partners , carried by American investors. But another actor intends to relaunch this soap opera.
An offer of 150M € transmitted by Markarian and Bueno?
Former CEO of Markal, Olivier Markarian a was rejected by the firm KPMG . But the businessmen do not seem to want to let go. “Am I still a candidate for the takeover of ASSE? Sure ! Bernard Caïazzo and Roland Romeyer, for whom I have immense respect in view of everything they have achieved for seventeen years, are free to refuse my offer. It is their club and their choice. But they are aware that it is time for them to hand over, in good understanding and by respecting their sales process to the letter, “he confided in an interview with L’Equipe. According to information from But Football Club, Olivier Markarian intends to return to the charge alongside Serge Bueno , leaders of Smart Good Things . According to the media, the two businessmen could invest nearly 150M €.
The sale of ASSE rather in 2022
Chairman of the Management Board, Roland Romeyer hoped to complete this file and sell the club before the end of the year 2021: “I would like the sale to take place before the end of the year 2021. I hope that we will find the suitable successor enough quickly, that is to say someone who has the values of ASSE and who can help them financially in order to tickle the first five to six places. We're going to get there, at one point or another, for sure. And the change can only be beneficial if the candidate meets our criteria “. But according to the information from But Football Club, the timing should not be respected. For now, ASSE leaders are focused on the next winter transfer window and do not appear to be concerned about the squad sale. Progress could rather take place at the start of 2022.