While the candidates for the takeover of AS Saint-Etienne had until November 8 to make their offer, the audit firm KMPG had not received any satisfactory proposal. The sale of the club is therefore postponed and the Greens benefit from several suitors. The venture capital company Total Sports Investments LLP, which already visited the Saint-Etienne facilities last Sunday after attending the match against Paris Saint-Germain (1-3), continues to negotiate and would rather be inclined to a buyout conditional on maintaining of ASSE in Ligue 1, as indicated The team.
The same goes for Terrapin Partners, already interested in 2018, but worried about the current sporting situation, the Greens being last tied on points with Metz. New owner of Genoa since last September, 777 Partners wishes to invest in the French championship and is therefore also positioned for the acquisition of the club. Finally, Smart Good Things, a company specializing in “consumer action”, ecological and inclusive consumption, is in contact with Roland Romeyer through its founder Serge Bueno. Already in partnership with Cœur-Vert, the ASSE association, he could approach Olivier Markarian, whose buyout project was rejected by KMPG on November 23, and send his letter of intent soon.