Special guest of the show l’After Foot this Wednesday, Olivier Létang refuted the idea that LOSC was for sale, thus returning to the comments of Alessandro Barnaba, owner of the Lille team.
A few dozen days ago, while its men were preparing to face Juventus on the fourth day of the Champions League, LOSC saw its name hit the headlines in the Italian press, particularly because 'Alessandro Barnaba, one of the two shareholders of the Lille club via Merlyn Partners, gave an interview to La Gazzetta dello Sport. In it, the Italian financier was transparent regarding a potential sale of LOSC.
“We generally invest three to five years.
After consolidating the accounts and the sports project, we are in a good period to sell, but we are in no hurry. If there is an interesting offer, we will consider it”he said, in part.
“We have projects, even more projects”
President of LOSC, Olivier Létang was on the airwaves of RMC radio this Wednesday, and he was unable to avoid this hot news. Is Lille training for sale? “We must put his statements (those of Alessandro Barnaba) in context, within a framework. It's an interview that was given in Italy with comments that were completely misinterpreted.
Today the club is not for sale. There is no procedure. We still have a number of things to do.”he begins, under the wide eyes of Daniel Riolo.
“The club is not for sale today?” »asks the editorialist, taken aback by the comments made by the Lille leader. « Nonreplies Olivier Létang firmly. What’s going on Daniel (Riolo)? Do you have information that I don't have? We took no action. There is no desire to sell the club”he adds.
“We have no plans to sell it for the moment”
Headliner of l’After Footwhich he represents across France, Daniel Riolo continues by reformulating his question: “It was not the owner's intention, once the club was back on its feet financially, to decide to sell the club? »he asks himself.
After a good breath, the president of LOSC persists and signs: “No and again, if you go back to the interview, that’s not at all what was saidsays Olivier Létang. The club is not for sale, not at all. Once again, we still have things to do.
We have plans, even more plans. We are in a dynamic that is very interesting and today, it is not in the plans and it is not expected. […]
Regardless of LOSC, is anyone interested in buying a club? Does he have the means to do it? Today, we have no contact. The club, I repeat, is not for sale. We have no plans to sell it at the moment because we still have things to do. That’s it, very clearly”he concluded this Wednesday.
