Through Redaction Saint-Étienne
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ASSE may well have found the right fit. The club Saint-Etienne (Loire) knows several investors interested in buying the team with 10 titles in France.
One of them seems the preferred option: it would be an “international-local” ticket. What to combine financial strength from abroad and local knowledge.
According to Progress, Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo are looking for “the best” choice to “grow the club and respect its identity”.
The foreign investor, who continues for the moment to evolve in the shadows, would therefore like to ally himself with local players who are very knowledgeable about the territory.
Next step : the traditional passage of the club before the National Management Control Department (DNCG) to check that the club meets financial standards in France, which should go smoothly.
Once reassured by this passage, investors could therefore speed up the process. The presence of local players could help validate the takeover by this same DNCG.
Avoiding the Bordeaux fiasco
If all parties are working on eggshells, it is also because everyone has in mindthe Bordeaux fiasco. American investors, King Street, had taken back control of the club, before taking the tangent after only a year, thus putting the future of the Girondins in danger.
The Americans left after losing 80 million euros and the support of supporters. On the contrary, the latter had carried out several actions to see the departure of King Street and their president, Frédéric Longuépée.
This is what the protagonists want to avoid at all costs for the Stéphanois takeover. Chaudron members have been on sale since mid-April.