Reports in French media suggest that oil-rich Sheikhs from the Middle-East are now looking to buy reigning French Ligue 1 champions LOSC Lille
After Paris Saint-Germain and AS Monaco, LOSC Lille could be set to become the third Ligue 1 club to be bought by foreign investors. Despite the denials of president http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Michel-c25453 Seydoux, Les Dogues might experience a change in hierarchy in coming months.
“It’s a real issue, but false information. For now, the clubs remains my property. But I have not been contacted by investors, be they from the south, north, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Qatar-c2986 or Alaska,” said a much-agitated Lille president Seydoux in the columns of Nord-Éclair.
A possible takeover of the club may be on the horizon and 10 sport claims that negotiations are well underway.
The weekly claims that owners of Lille and the Emirati investors who are very close to Shiekh Mansour (he member of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Royal-95-c40387 family who owns Manchester City), have already begun negotiations. While it is difficult to find out the exact contours of the rumoured
operation, things will not be made official until the end of the current campaign.
Furthermore, Lille’s management can’t afford to confirm anything as they run the risk of rolling over the operation.
However, one thing is certain. LOSC Lille is growing in terms of stature and is an attractive proposition for any investor. Next season, LOSC Lille will move to the Grand Stade Metropole which will have a capacity of nearly 50,000 which means that the club’s
revenue is bound to increase further.
Reports claim that the Middle-Eastern owners have already identified a plethora of talented players to arrive at the club should they be able to convince Seydoux into selling the club.
Still, Michel Seydoux will defend his and the club’s interest and will not leave his place so easily. The news if confirmed, is certainly a good one for Les Dogues and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 football in general.
Unfortunately, the dawn of an apparent new era in the club’s history will occur after the departure of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Eden-Hazard-c11863 who might travel to London this week in order to negotiate a transfer to his future club.
However, the arrival of another group of wealthy investors would mean that France will not be eating Paris as Monsieur Nicollin so eloquently put a few days back.
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