Olympique de Marseille: "A new owner in a few months or a few years" (Margarita Louis-Dreyfus)

"My family and I love Marseille and OM, it is very important to us that the club's sale process does not disrupt the main goal: winning on the field, and sporting success is the best way to ensure that. OM are a valuable club, regardless of who will be the new owner of the club in a few months or a few years," stated Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, majority owner of Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1) on 04/08/2016.

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, the majority shareholder of Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1) since the death of her husband, Robert Louis-Dreyfus on 04/07/2009, officially announced that the club are on sale on 13/04/2016. Robert Louis-Dreyfus, the French businessman naturalised Swiss citizen, was the majority shareholder of Olympique de Marseille since 1996. The press conference of the club held on 04/08/2016 was the first in which Margarita Louis-Dreyfus participated in since becoming the head of the club in 2009.

"I announced my final decision in April to sell Olympique Marseille, but it does not mean that I no longer take care of the club. The club's sale process is well underway, it…