Frank McCourt has repeated that Olympique de Marseille is not for sale, because the American owner is thinking about his near-Decennium at the helm of the club in a rare interview with Le Journal du Dimanche, published on Sunday. Hading in October 2016 McCourt took over in October 2016 in recent years. Ambitions for the club under Roberto de Zerbi. “The club is not for sale and there should be no ambiguity about that,” said McCourt. “My family is not a private equity company or a state. The McCourt group is a family and we are deeply attached to Marseille.” There has been noise that the club is the subject of interest from Saudi Arabia, a rumor that has decreased in the last two years. “I think it is a good investment to invest in French football, perhaps OR Monaco,” said Saudi officer Prince Abdullah Saad Abdulaziz Al Saud in January 2024. There was reportedly an agreement to become Zinédine Zidane Marseille manager in the case of France Bleu. Yet McCourt's position has always been clear: the club is not for sale. Marseille returns to the UEFA Champions League for the 2025-2026 season after an absence of two years in the competition, but McCourt says that qualification for the Premier competition of Europe should be the norm for the Phocéen Club. “It was a stressful season but a good one,” the resident of Boston reflected in the previous season. “From now on the qualification for the Champions League must be the norm. Everything less is a failure.” GFFN | George Boxall
