🚨 ASSE sale: A situation about to evolve? ⋆ Peuple-Vert.fr – Football – ASSE

AS Saint-Etienne is still and always on sale. The Team of the day gives a long article on the subject. Extract.

“ExIslanded in Dubai (UAE), Caïazzo (68) now seems to really want to sell a club in which he has not set foot since March 5, 2020 and the semi-final of the Coupe de France against Rennes (2-1 ).

For his part, Romeyer (77 years old on August 25) lives in Saint-Étienne, under the pressure of the ultras who demand his departure, but also under that of his entourage, eager to see him keep the club in the family heritage.

The failure of negotiations with the American billionaire David Blitzer, at the end of June, shows that he refuses to sell at any price and to anyone.

In the entourage of the New Jersey businessman (52), we maintain that we have sent a binding offer and we are surprised not to have received a response.

After having counted on a range between 33 to 38 M€ to buy back the shares of Caïazzo and Romeyer, in L1, this amount would have fallen between 16 and 19 M€, then to 10 M€, in L2. Unacceptable in the eyes of the duo, who would hope for at least 10 M€, but for each. Given that both men have long-standing public pledges not to make selling the Greens out for money, their silence in denial came as a surprise to Blitzer.

Blitzer therefore considers that this failure cannot be attributed to him and that his image does not come out damaged. Hence his lack of official reaction. Better, not resentful, he is open to new negotiations with ASSE. Or with another French club.

Since the arrival of the four representatives of Blitzer on June 15, no one has set foot in Saint-Étienne. But two new files would have appeared in a sales process.

[…]One is from the United States, the other from Canada. At this stage, it would be a simple information gathering. The name of Accor was also mentioned behind the scenes as a potential candidate, but the hotel group denies it.

Last element: the contract with KPMG ends on 1^is september. This could encourage rejected candidates to present another takeover project. Markarian in the lead. “