Posted on November 9, 2021 at 12:30 pm by Arthur Montagne
Through the communication agency mandated by ASSE, Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo took stock of the club's sale process, launched last April, and thus calm the rumors surrounding this soap opera.
The sale of ASSE has seen many twists and turns in recent hours. KPMG , an audit firm mandated to scrutinize the applications, had indeed set a deadline for submitting offers. Since Monday, it is therefore impossible to submit a file for the resumption of the Forez club and some candidates are already out of the game, like Norodom Ravichak . The Prince of Cambodia would have “provided a document of financial guarantee of 100 million euros emanating from a large international bank, which turns out to be a forgery”, as explained the ASSE by the means of a press release. Despite everything, several offers were sent to Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo since according to information from L'Equipe, at least three projects are in the running. First of all, there is that of Olivier Markarian , a businessman from Valence in the Drôme region and therefore the bearer of a local project which greatly appeals to Roland Romeyer , but much less to Bernard Caïazzo . A fund based in Switzerland and which intends to rely on Mathieu Bodmer and Jean-Michel Roussier has also expressed its interest while KPMG would have told L'Equipe the existence of at least a third offer, without the identity of the investor behind this project filtering. Faced with this flood of information, the shareholders of ASSE decided to speak up.
“The process of selling the club is ongoing”
Indeed, through a press release disseminated by the communication agency Patrick Chêne commissioned by AS Saint-Etienne , Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo wanted to clarify things about the sale of ASSE . “The process of selling the club launched by shareholders last April is continuing. Candidates for the takeover of ASSE had to submit their offers before Monday, November 8, 6 p.m. Several offers have indeed been received by KPMG, which is studying them carefully. They are subject to rigorous classic checks in this type of operation (credibility of commitments, origin of funds, etc.). KPMG will select the best offers for the club to avoid any mishap. The shareholders will be very attentive to the formal commitments of the candidates to allow the club to nurture great sporting ambitions ”, explains this press release. Consequently, this file should evolve in the coming days. In the meantime, the ASSE continues to fight to improve its sporting situation which clearly does not represent an asset for the sale …