This Monday, and for three days, Emmanuel Macron will be in Saudi Arabia. The President of the Republic will notably meet Mohammed bin Salman, whose name is well known to OM supporters.
A confirmed supporter of Olympique de Marseille, the head of state currently has other concerns in mind than the results of Roberto De Zerbi's team. But obviously, when Emmanuel Macron arrives in Riyadh the subject of OM is never very far away. Until Wednesday, the French president will increase the number of meetings to talk about the very tense situation in this region of the globe, but also to talk business, Saudi Arabia having colossal financial resources. Since the start of his mandate, Emmanuel Macron has met the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The latter, head of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund, the famous PIF, has regularly been cited as the number 1 candidate to buy Olympique de Marseille. Even if recently, other Saudi investors were cited to make the offer capable of convincing Frank McCourt to sell OM.
Macron in Saudi Arabia, things are getting agitated at OM
This presidential trip obviously did not go unnoticed by those who are still convinced that Saudi Arabia will buy Olympique de Marseille or is even already present in a confidential manner in the club, which, according to them, explains the fact that the transfer window carried out by Pablo Longoria and Mehdi Benatia is sumptuous, especially this year. For the moment, Thibaud Vézirian, the high priest of this theory, has not spoken about Emmanuel Macron's trip to Saudi Arabia until Wednesday, but there is no doubt that he will probably have things to say. Because in addition, FIFA should formalize next week the fact that Saudi Arabia will officially be the organizing country of the 2034 World Cup. Enough to add fuel to the fire, at the very moment when the OM version of De Zerbi is fueling full throttle.
