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“ Xavier, football has never interested … ” Renaud Muselier, former secretary of state and vice president in the region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (LR) still do not return. The announcement by the newspaper The Equipe, Tuesday 19 April, as he calls his “brother,” Xavier Giocanti, soon to succeed Vincent Labrune for president of Olympique de Marseille, leaves skeptical. The same morning, the applicant addressed a denial of SMS. “ This is bullshit ,” wrote the companion of the IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde, his friend of forty years.
There is just one week Renaud Muselier, who is closely involved in real estate projects and clinical Francois-Michel Giocanti, the younger brother of Xavier Giocanti, fun perspective: “ Xavier never put a dime in the OM … “. Since the noise made way and the press insists on placing the Marseille promoter in pole position to settle in the hot seat of president of Olympique de Marseille.
Reached by Le Monde , Xavier Giocanti refuses to speak on the subject.
“ I do not answer, because the press makes the self-ignition from rumors . “
And to refer to denial sent in the morning by Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, where the owner of OM qualifies the information” Ad baseless . “
“No news”
“ She asked me for advice in this difficult phase to help find solutions ensures even Mr. Giocanti. the question of my interest in the position of President of OM is not news . “
While the club is Marseille in a storm, announcing the dismissal of coach, Spaniard Michel, and his replacement by Franck Passi, assisted by local legend Basile Boli as athletic director, the hypothesis advanced by Team adds to the disorder
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If given the candidate to one of the most media functions of french football, Xavier Giocanti has paradoxically never sought the light. His relationship with Christine Lagarde, started there ten years at a ministerial trip to Marseille from the former budget minister, is the only reason that it is sometimes the attention of national media.
for 61 years, Corsican origin, whose roots are in the village of Guagno, near Ajaccio, enjoy the sun Circle of Marseille swimmers, upscale club where he perfected his tan and his dynamic silhouette. But business aside, he prefers to work in the shadows. At the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Marseille-Provence, one praises his’ serious “and” entrepreneurial skills “, but we note that Mr. Giocanti n has never sought to integrate the structure. Local syndicates to which he is far from a stranger, did any more, received his candidacy …
“It is above tambouilles”
Developer and specialist tax exemption, Xavier Giocanti driver Realty group Resilience in the 15 th arrondissement of Marseille. A group specializing in projects in urban zones (ZFU) – which displays about 600 000 euros in turnover – the state has installed in northern Marseille. His latest achievement is called the City of Cosmetics, a space of 4 activities 800 m 2 , bringing together businesses, services related to the world of beauty, but also a restaurant and reception rooms . Inaugurated in 2009, the place hosts five years later than sixty companies and two hundred and twenty employees in an area where unemployment peaked.
“ Xavier Giocanti took the risk to arise in no single districts, where few people want to invest, “ says to him Franck Dumontel, political adviser and husband of Senator Samia Ghali (PS).
adds:
“This is a true Marseillais who undertakes in his city, not a parachute. And he proved that he could ride serious projects in duration. What could be a reassuring option as part of OM. “
In the entourage of the mayor of the 8 th sector, we also say that Xavier knows Giocanti overcome political divisions. Companion Christine Lagarde, friend of Renaud Muselier, but able to talk to the elected socialist. “ It is above tambouilles. It can work with everyone “continues Franck Dumontel.
Circumspection
At the town hall of Marseille, however, where the mayor, Jean- Claude Gaudin (LR), said at the weekend he did not intend to abandon its “ right of inspection ” on the future of the club, we look at the Giocanti solution with caution. His friendship with Renaud Muselier, with whom relations are strained for some time, there is surely no coincidence.
Given as a potential partner Giocanti adventure at the head of the OM, Jean -Marie Cantona, brother of Eric Cantona, Manchester United icon, does not believe more than others. The two men crossed the Circle of swimmers Marseille, they are two pillars. “ We’ve known for a long time, we often see, we talk about everything and nothing, slips the agent of professional players. Never Xavier said he wanted to resume OM, nor asked me for advice on the matter. “
” Financially, economically and politically, the Giocanti solution can not , meanwhile scans Olivier Grimaldi, counsel for OM. I have nothing to say. “
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