The takeover of ASBH has not yet been finalized and could be imminent. Eddie Jordan, the main protagonist of this takeover, former owner of a Formula 1 team, intends to create a team of Rugby clubs. Would the ASBH be part of it? In any case, this is what our British colleagues at The Times suggest.
The takeover of the ASBH is being talked about across the Channel, where it is suggested that Béziers could join a stable of rugby clubs. An article published in the British daily The TimesFriday October 18, says a little more about buyers and their motivations. Eddie Jordan, the founder and former owner of the Jordan Grand Prix Formula 1 team, would be the main protagonist. The wealthy business leader is part of a consortium, supported by the Irish private equity company Strangford Capital. She is the one who is in the running to take over the Béziers club. Eddie Jordan works within this consortium as an advisor and investor.
A rugby team like for Football
The British daily explains, in fact, that Eddy Jordan intends to buy back the “London Irish (rugby club in receivership since June 2023, Editor’s note) and build a stable of rugby clubs, similar to the City Football Group, whose teams include Manchester City, Girona (the Spanish club) et New York City […] Jordan is part of a consortium with former South African number 8 Bobby Skinstad and former New Zealand fly-half Andrew Mehrtens which is set to buy French Pro D2 club AS Béziers Hérault. There appear to be no active clubs run by a common private owner.”
A big project which could see Béziers become part of this stable of rugby clubs. A first in France.
“On the right track” according to Robert Ménard
Robert Ménard assures that the takeover of the club should be carried out very quickly: “Things are progressing, we are at the end. We are still waiting for one little thing. It’s almost done. We negotiate point by point. We are very happy, it’s very positive. The problems are resolved one after the other,” assures the chief magistrate who suggests that it should only be a matter of hours. The file is still in the hands of the Rugby Regulatory Authority (formerly DNACG), its director Dominique Debreyer and Robert Ménard having asked the buyers for maximum guarantees in order to be certain that they really have the means to pay. ambitions.
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