It is an announcement that had the effect of a bomb (or almost) in the world of French football. The French ambition and clever billionaire Xavier Niel decided to buy the club of US Créteil-Lusitanos, resident of National 2.. Everything started from a post on X where a user, causing Xavier Niel, very active on social networks, arrested him to offer him “To buy the US Créteil-Lusitanos”. “Do not heat me”then replied the billionaire. And a few months later, Xavier Niel finally went to the end of the challenge.
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In the wake of this exchange, the main shareholder of Iliad had sent a message on the networks to the president of Créteil Bassam Al Homi. In an interview with Parisianthe current shareholder of the club confided in this improbable sale. “It was he who contacted me on social networks in November. We started to exchange and he was very motivated at the idea of joining the adventure. Personally, I did not particularly want to have an investor, the club is doing well. When you arrive in a club, it takes time to put things in place and it’s only three years. At first, I hesitated, but we continued the discussions and the project was very interesting ”he confided. But President Val-de-Marnais has embellished reality on the club’s economic context.
This acquisition actually falls into a very tense context. As proof, last January, the players, the staff and the employees had decided to go on strike to denounce “Chaotic management” from Bassam Al Homi. In a press release, they had denounced “An unprecedented situation” and explained their decision by “The objective of alerting all the followers of the club and the duty to ensure the sustainability of this almost centenary institution, of an institution in the process of extinction”. A few months earlier, the club had been penalized by the DNCG of a supervision of the payroll and therefore found itself under the threat of administrative demotion. This acquisition should therefore greatly relieve the club’s finances and help the controversial Bassam Al Homi to restore its image since it will remain a minority shareholder of the club.
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But, it is now Xavier Niel who will set up his project. “I grew up here and I’m proud of it. I do not forget where I come from. Helping the rams to go as high as possible is my way of returning to this city a little of what it gave me. Kaaris shed light on Sevran; I want to shed light on Créteil. The project? Invest in the future, with the creation and development of a training center; professionalize the club, by strengthening its means and alia with more partners; Ravel Créteil, by attracting a wider audience to the stadium and modernizing the image of the club ”he explained in the press release published by the club.
Current 5th in its n2 hen, US Créteil Lusitanos now hopes to wake up sportingly almost 10 years after leaving Ligue 2. And the objective is clearly displayed by the club, become a club that has in Île-de-France in the same way as Paris FC, Red Star and even PSG!“We have a magnificent stadium (the Dominique-Duvauchelle stadium), the city is very invested in the life of the club, there are beautiful things to do in Créteil. The potential is enormous and the time has come to say: “Bingo, we will speed up”. I told Xavier Niel that I will put everything he needs at his service and the club service to find Ligue 2 as quickly as possible ”launched Bassam Al Homi which puts on a competent training center to achieve this objective. “Yes, we want to create a training center. We also plan to set up a female section because women’s football is getting importance in France. We have a few tracks together, everything in its time. But indeed, we want to create a training center for young people because there are a lot of talents in Créteil, some champions like Rabiot come from here. We are in Île-de-France, with 12 million inhabitants, there are several Mbappés that must be found. You have to give them a chance. ” It remains to put all this in place, because you have to join the gesture to the word especially after having experienced a beginning of an eventful mandate within the club …
Pub. the 02/05/2025 12:02
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