François Pinault on August 19, 2017 at Roazhon Park on the occasion of a meeting between Rennes and Dijon. – LOIC VENANCE / AFP
Decidedly, everyone has decided to be concerned about the situation of the Girondins de Bordeaux. This is surely how we recognize a historic French football club. A few days after the announcement of the disengagement of King Street, the American investment fund that has owned the Marine et Blanc since 2018, it is François Pinault who says he is “ready to support any operation mounted by the players in the wine industry. any operation set up by the wine players ”in the region. As a reminder, he owns the
Latour castle, 1er Grand Cru Classé of Pauillac.
In an open letter sent to South West, he calls on the owners of Bordeaux grands crus to come together in a takeover project to save the club. “Like all French football lovers, I am moved at the idea of seeing the Girondins de Bordeaux in danger of disappearing. Breton and owner of Stade Rennais, I have been measuring for decades how much the identity of a club and if possible its successes are part of the social contract in a region, ”explains François Pinault.
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He cannot own two clubs in Ligue 1
If he recalls that “the legitimate rules of club possession prohibit me from setting up a project to take over the Girondins, since my group is the sole shareholder of Stade Rennais”, he is ready to invest in other investors from viticulture and “will do it with enthusiasm”. “I therefore call on my fellow owners to meet in order to prepare a plan to take over the Girondins”, concludes the third fortune in France and 27th in the world.