In an interview with Le Progrès, Francis Graille gave his opinion and information on the sale of AS Saint-Étienne. The former PSG president notably revealed that Mathieu Bodmer would not come and did not hesitate to charge the presidential duo in the process.
Francis Graille is a regular in the upper echelons of French clubs. In the past, he was president of LOSC from 1999 to 2002 with success and then in the wake of PSG with also very good things accomplished. Currently at the helm of AJ Auxerre, the 66-year-old businessman keeps an eye on other clubs and the former journalist has maintained his sources of information throughout France. This is particularly the case at ASSE, being on the lookout for the soap opera of the sale of the Saint-Etienne club which is dragging on. After the failure of the Cambodian prince Ravichak, it is the duo Jean-Michel Roussier-Mathieu Bodmer who seem to be breaking their teeth. A duo that would no longer be one, if we listen to Francis Graille, since he indicates that Mathieu Bodmer would be on the sidelines.
Romeyer-Caïazzo, the duo that complicates everything
Indeed, questioned by the Progress, the president of Auxerre revealed that the projects of Mathieu Bodmer diverged from those of the duo Roland Romeyer and Bernard Caïazzo. ” Mathieu Bodmer will not come. They asked him to be a shareholder, but he only wanted a sporting director position. The situation becomes more complicated for Jean-Michel Roussier (…) The only investor who had money was the American PEAK6 in 2018. It could have been done, if there had not been two discordant speeches. When you want to buy a club, contacts are made discreetly. And we don’t shout from the rooftops: “This is for sale, this is for sale”. Anyone wishing to position themselves on such a file should find out beforehand. The Ravichak case is implausible. », He evokes.
Graille points the finger at the two Saint-Etienne presidents and even drives the point home afterwards on the responsibilities of the two men. ” Football is a clan. There is a pack leader, we join and we follow. There cannot be two crocodiles in the backwater at the same time. The two presidents, they’ve made money already and they’ve paid each other back from the club for a long time. Especially since they haven’t invested that much. They will never get the money they ask for. It’s ubiquitous their story. He balances. An issue that continues to be very complicated, while this sale would do the Greens good.