In business since 2009, the duo Roland romeyer–Bernard Caiazzo wants to hand over to the management of ASSE. Announced since 2018, the sales process for the Saint-Etienne club is still ongoing. This Tuesday, a local media took stock of this news.
ASSE: towards an offer of 100M € for the sale of the club
“On July 1, there will be something new. It is not a matter of money, but of the sustainability of the club at a time when there were unprecedented things that plagued French football. It is a problem of succession. You have to insure when you are 75 and 67 years old. You have to know how to pass the baton. In an unprecedented moment, with the pandemic and Mediapro, we must ensure the future of the club because we love the club. I love the club, and we are trying to find the financial means to perpetuate the club ”, said Roland Romeyer, chairman of the board of AS Saint-Étienne recently in Top of the Foot on RMC.
After more than a decade at the helm of ASSE, the 75-year-old businessman and his companion Bernard Caiazzo want to find a new investor capable of allowing the Greens to come back to the fore in the French championship and at European level. And the file is moving slowly, but surely.
Indeed, according to our colleagues from the site The 10 Sport, the Asian investor pool announced last January, is now prepared to put 100 million euros on the table “To both buy the club and take on its debt, as well as various financial outflows to come, which would amount to a sale price of around 60 million. “ However, one last element is blocking the progress of the discussions.
A last obstacle to remove before the finalization of the file?
RMC Sport confirms the information from 10 Sport and ensures that the 100 million euros could be spread over five years, or 20 million euros per season. A tempting proposition for Roland romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo, but the question “of the training center of Etrat, on which the two parties would have a different vision, Asian investors wishing that it be included in the total amount of 100 million, a position that would not share not for the moment the owner duo ”, explains the sports media. Discussions are continuing between the various parties, however.
To be continued for AS Saint-Étienne…