Frank McCourt is expected in Marseille in the coming days, and the owner of OM is not coming by chance.
Visits from Frank McCourt have become rarer near the Vélodrome, the Bostonian even recently failing during the famous OM-PSG where his dressing room was waiting for him. But this time it will be the good one, the American billionaire will attend the OM-Auxerre meeting on Friday evening, and he will induct one of his close friends, Jeff Ingram, to the post of chairman of the supervisory board of Olympique de Marseille in place of by Barry Cohen. However, Frank McCourt will not travel to the United States just for that. Indeed, according to The Team, he will have to decide on a new major project, since Pablo Longoria wants the OM training center to move and leave the Commanderie only for Roberto De Zerbi and the professional players. For this, the president of Marseille must obtain the financial green light from McCourt, who will have to take out his checkbook, while in 2018 the latter had already paid and inaugurated theOM Campus, which the Marseille leaders now believe is no longer suitable.
McCourt still spends a lot of money for OM
This new major investment from Frank McCourt further wrings the necks of those who claim that the owner of Olympique de Marseille no longer intends to spend a lot of money on his club. And this while during the last transfer window, McCourt gave his agreement to Pablo Longoria in order to finance several big moves, in particular the arrival of Roberto De Zerbi or even that of Mason Greenwood and Adrien Rabiot. A change in standing which brought joy to Marseille supporters, but which obviously attracts new fantasies.
The sale of OM resurfaces
This new training center project and the scale of the latest transfer market also feed those who on social networks are circulating the thesis of a sale already recorded to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund is suspected of already being in charge of Olympique de Marseille, which could explain these recent investments made by Frank McCourt. A vague theory, the American businessman having said several times that he was not considering selling OM. And he will probably say it again during his upcoming stay in Marseille, the American boss having the habit of choosing one or two media for an interview.
