FC Lorient: "To integrate my stake within BKFC, which would become the club’s sole shareholder" (L. Féry)

"I want us to be equipped to face this hyper-competitive environment. I would therefore like to take a further step in our partnership with the Black Knight Football Club group by becoming one of its main shareholders, behind majority shareholder Bill Foley (and the various investment vehicles he controls), and by integrating my stake in FC Lorient within the BKFC group, which would thus become the club’s sole shareholder," said Loïc Féry, president of FC Lorient (Ligue 1 McDonald’s), on the club’s website on 16/11/2025.

The US consortium Black Knight Football Club, led by American Bill Foley, became a minority shareholder of the club with a 40% stake through a €10m capital increase in January 2023.

"This development, on which I am working with Bill Foley and in close collaboration with BKFC’s management, would enable FC Lorient to strengthen its financial base within a group with more than $500m (€430m) in equity, and to join an international network of expertise exclusively composed of clubs with strong identities: AFC Bournemouth (Premier League), FC Lorient and Moreirense FC…