Foot – Mercato – ASSE
Member of the royal family of Cambodia, Norodom Ravichak is a candidate to buy ASSE. However, several gray areas hover over this project.
The process of sellingASSE is taking its course. As recently reported by Amazon Prime, office KPMG, appointed by the club to select the best projects, selected four candidates. The one worn by Olivier Markarian caught the attention of Roland Romeyer, Chairman of the Board. In addition, an American project led by Terrapin Partners, another which remains quite mysterious, and the project carried by Norodom Ravichak have been selected. Cambodian prince, the latter officially applied for the takeover of the’ASSE in an interview with RFI : ” It is true that I officially applied to take over AS Saint-Étienne. I am not coming to carry out a financial transaction. I want to invest for the long term and take care of ASSE. If we come to an agreement, I will provide sufficient means to achieve these ambitions and allow Saint-Étienne to regain its splendor “. According to several media, Ravichak is willing to spend the sum of € 100m to get his hands on theASSE. But many gray areas hover over this project, especially regarding the source of these funds.
“When it starts like this, it’s not a good sign”
Journalist, Romain Molina attempted to determine the source of these funds. ” There is the Cambodian prince whose name came out. I spoke to the people around him. More precisely, a person contacted me for information. We then talked about the project together. I asked where did the funds come from? : “It’s Chinese funds”. Are these Chinese funds currently in China, or elsewhere? Because given China’s football investments abroad, I don’t think they’re going to go out and buy a club. The interlocutor replied “we don’t know, that’s the problem”. Behind that, the other person knowing this project tells me that it is about Luxembourg funds. Already when it starts like this, it’s not a good sign “He confided in an interview with Gone Back TV. Charged by the club to communicate on the subject, the former journalist Patrick Oak had also indicated that Norodom Ravichak did not have access to the data room and therefore cannot make any offers. ” The Cambodians are back in the race, but other candidates, for example, are certain of having access to this data in the coming hours. »He confided on September 24th.
The role of the Bessedik brothers raises questions
In addition, some journalists have confirmed that the brothers Bessedik played a role in this project. Based in Qatar, they are close to a certain Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of PSG. ” When you see the Bessedik brothers mentioned, close to Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, some of whom are cited in legal cases, including Ahmed Bessedik whom I know personally. It is a guy who for the anecdote entered as a driver at Paris Saint-Germain, it is a person who worked at the scrapyard of Villejuif. He has a meteoric rise. In ten years, he became an advisor to Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, he did business with the son of the former head of the secret services in Algeria. He finds himself in a company with the Prince of Cambodia. I have no idea how ” said Romain Molina. Their role has yet to be determined in this project, which raises many questions in the community. However, as clarified Holy Inside, Qatar is not involved in this candidacy.