Announced in a project with Jean-Michel Roussier to take over the ASSE in hand, Mathieu Bodmer would have turned his back on the latter.
ASSE: Bodmer would have let go Roussier in the Swiss-Canadian project
Did Mathieu Bodmer throw in the towel even before the official announcement of the project selected by the KPMG cabinet to enter into exclusive negotiations with the two owners of ASSE? Yes according to Francis graille, ex-president of LOSC, PSG or even AJ Auxerre. In his words given on a daily basis Progress, the latter understands that the former player of AS Saint-Étienne (in 2013) has decided to leave the Swiss Canadian project. “Mathieu Bodmer will not come”, reported Françis Graille in the regional newspaper. “They asked him to be a shareholder, but he only wanted a sporting director position,” he explained afterwards, while indicating that “the situation is getting more complicated for Jean-Michel Roussier”.
Francis Graille severely tackles Romeyer and Caïazzo
After making the announcement, the 66-year-old sports leader attacked Bernard Caïazzo (67) and Roland Romeyer (76). According to him, the two partners will not be able to sell AS Saint-Étienne at the expected price. “The two presidents, they will never get the money they ask for. It’s ubiquitous their story “, did he declare. The rumor about the price claimed by the two bosses of ASSE evokes an amount of € 60 million, while a candidate for takeover would have offered € 18 million.
Finally, Françis Graille felt that “Bernard Caïazzo and Roland Romeyer have already made money and they have paid off for a long time at the club, especially since they have not invested as much as that”. Recall that it is this Tuesday, November 23 that the KPMG cabinet should formalize the selected project to negotiate exclusively with the owners of ASSE for the sale of the Loire club.