Owner of LOSC since 2020, Merlyn Partners would like to sell the club, after the tremendous work carried out by Olivier Létang to restore order to the accounts following the passage of Gérard Lopez.
In an interview given to Gazzetta dello Sport less than a month ago, Alessandro Barnaba, the boss of Merlyn Partners which owns LOSC, opened the door to this possibility. A real thunderclap that Lille supporters did not expect, while their club has found form both on the pitch but also financially thanks to the colossal work of deputy president Olivier Létang. Guest of RMCthe Lille president reacted to rumors of a sale of LOSC. In After Foot, the ex-manager of Paris Saint-Germain surprised everyone, including Daniel Riolo who couldn't believe it, by formally denying the rumors according to which Merlyn Partners was currently seeking to sell its shares in the club Lille.
LOSC soon sold, Olivier Létang denies
“We must put it into context, an interview with Merlyn Partners in Italy was misinterpreted. Today the club is not for sale. There is no action, we still have a certain number of things to do. No, the club is not for sale. Do you have information that I don't have? We have not taken any action, there is no action on our part to sell the club. If you go back to the interview exactly, that's not what was said. Today, the club is not for sale, not at all. We still have things to do, we have plans. We are on an interesting dynamic and there are no plans to sell the club. We have no contact with anyone, we have no plans to sell LOSC” said Olivier Létang, for whom a change of ownership is not at all on the agenda for Lille. News which will be welcomed as a relief by Lille supporters because these days, the Northerners are undoubtedly very happy with the management of their club in recent times.
