According to information from The informedthe Côte d’Azur club would interest the Saudi public investment fund.
The OGC Nice soon in new hands? It would be a plausible (more than) scenario. Ownership of the British billionaire and CEO of Ineos Sir Jim Ratcliffe since 2019, the Riviera club would no longer be the priority of the 72 -year -old businessman, who would even seek to get rid of it.
A commanded bank to scrutinize the market
The wealthy English would have, according to The informed , Asked the Lazard bank to probe the market in order to find a buyer for a total or partial sale of the gym. A surprise? Not so much. Since the acquisition at 25 % of Manchester United shares by Ratcliffe a little more than a year ago – notably ahead of the Saudis in the negotiations – the Aiglons have been largely set aside in the Ineos “galaxy”. In June 2024, the English press already revealed that the man with $ 16.7 billion (according to Forbes) thought of separating from the Nice stable, which he has never really passed a course under British pavilion.
The best season in Nice is the one where we have not been authorized to get involved due to the rules of multi -ownership. They were so much better without our interference! There may be a lesson to learn from it
Sir Jim Ratcliffe
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“I don’t particularly like going to see Nice because there are no good players, but because the football level is not high enough for me to enthuse myself. The best season in Nice is the one where we have not been authorized to get involved due to the rules of multi -ownership. They were so much better without our interference! There may be a lesson to learn from it ”declared the wealthy patron of the Azureans last March, announcing (already) the color.
Nothing serious (for now)
Always according to the words of The informedthe file would have recently and slightly advanced. Indeed, Saudi Arabia would be on the tablets of the OGCN. Despite the fact that this is only the start of the process, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), would look “seriously” The situation of the Nice club. Even if nothing is yet concrete, it would not be absurd to imagine the Crown Prince Mohammed Ben Salmane offers himself the gym, he who has already bought Newcastle in 2021 and who always wishes to interfere more in European and world football.
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