Frank McCourt almost bought Bordeaux!

For several years, the Girondins de Bordeaux have been sinking both sportingly and economically. To the point of now being in National 2, the fourth French level. Since the departure of M6 in 2018, the scapular club has had a series of problems. But fate could have been very different. In the book “Girondins of Bordeaux: investigation into a descent into hell” from Éditions Sud-Ouest, the former Bordeaux owner Nicolas De Tavernost spoke about his last years at the club and about the potential buyers at the time. He thus revealed that before OM, Frank McCourt wanted to buy Bordeaux.

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“In the summer of 2016, the Thai owner of Leicester came. (…) Ultimately, it did not happen because at the time, we did not find a loophole in the UEFA regulations for multi-ownership. However, there was already Red Bull… There was also a Saudi, but it was very rock'nroll. I was in Corsica, we came to Bordeaux in the middle of summer, in August. We saw a guy who owned Lidl… The case was not serious. On the other hand, Frank McCourt almost bought Bordeaux! I met him through the lawyer Didier Poulmaire. We saw each other in Bagatelle, because he had just bought European show jumping for his new wife. Finally, he chose Marseille after Euro 2016.launched the former president of M6. McCourt opted for Marseille fervor.