The press release from Kilmer Sports Ventures published this Thursday, at 3 p.m. in France and 9 a.m. in Canada, did not concern ASSE but the creation of a WNBA women’s franchise in Toronto, the first outside the United States .
The one about the sale of the Saint-Etienne club to the group of Canadian billionaire Larry Tanenbaum, definitely very active in the sports market, is reportedly being written. And announced at the latest after a possible return play-off against Metz on June 2.
Europe within 5 years?
Two years after the chaos of Auxerre and the announcement by the Caiazzo-Romeyer duo of “important news concerning the future of the club” which never materialized, the change of era is therefore very close. A third season in a row in Ligue 2 will not, whatever happens, be a hindrance for the new owner and the future strongman of the Greens, Ivan Gazidis.
Officially, no member of the Kilmer sports board will be present at Geoffroy-Guichard this Friday, at least in the presidential basket, a week after Stéphan Heitz, the 79-year-old entrepreneur’s trusted man, attended the defeat of ASSE in Quevilly (2-1).
“So as not to take the spotlight in place of the team which has an important match to play” explains those around the buyer. But he will have many eyes on site who, discreetly, will closely follow the performance of the new club of the Tanenbaum empire. With the objective of returning to Europe within 5 years.
