A few days ago, information appeared that Saudi Arabia, the now famous PIF (Public Investments Fund), plans to buy a club from one of the best leagues in Europe. The name of the club remained a secret. Not even the country wasn’t revealed, and then tonight, out of the blue, the news broke out: the Saudis are very close to buying Olympique Marseille!المملكة العربية السعودية ستشتري نادي مارسيليا الفرنسي | #السعودية 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia will buy French football club Marseille ، France | #SaudiArabia L’Arabie saoudite va racheter le club français de Marseille 🇨🇵 | #Marseille #PSG #FFF | Arabie saoudite pic.twitter.com/ZRxDeYOv9e— إكتشف السعودية | SAUDIA (@Discover_SAUDIA) July 14, 2023 Let us remind you that the Fund, run by Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, already owns Newcastle, and in the past few months, they tried to buy Manchester United as well. Since they failed, Marseille became their next target.Champions League winners in 1993, Marseille have been owned since 2016 by the American tycoon Frank McCourt, formerly the owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball. Despite McCourt’s investment, Marseille have been unable to close the gap on Qatari-owned Paris Saint-Germain, who dominate French football.##NAJAVA_MECA_7371286##Three years ago, they rejected the lucrative offer from Saudi Arabia, but might we be heading into a whole different story this time? Probably…
