Posted on 12 November 2021 at 4:45 p.m. by DM While for several months there have been many rumors about a possible takeover of OM by Saudi Arabia, a journalist indicated that the PIF had never considered getting their hands on the club. 
“I am not a seller. I am at OM for a very long time, God willing ”. In an interview with L’Equipe last July, Frank McCourt made it clear that he did not intend to part ways with OM . The Marseille club owner thought to put an end to rumors about a possible sale of the club and the possible arrival of Saudi investors. But some journalists like Thibaud Vézirian continue to say the opposite: “I just know that some people wanted to pass me off as a liar and I smile in advance. The formalization, that will happen. ”
“ The PIF has never seriously considered buying Marseille ”
The journalist Ben Jacobs , who s 'speaks regularly on the PIF , the powerful Saudi investment fund that has just bought Newcastle, has spoken about the rumors surrounding the sale of the OM . And according to him, Saudi Arabia has never seriously considered making an offer to Frank McCourt. “The PIF has never seriously considered buying Marseille despite longstanding rumors that say the contrary ”can be read on the Twitter account of Ben Jacobs.