Tony Parker, the former basketball player now head of Asvel, will integrate “ in the coming months “The OL Groupe board of directors said on Wednesday the president of Olympique Lyonnais Jean-Michel Aulas, announcing a new rapprochement between the two clubs.
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” We will make sure to give him a place in the coming months on the OL Groupe board of directors. It’s a decision that was made yesterday (Tuesday) to the board of directors “Said the leader, before justifying this announcement at a press breakfast in Paris.
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” First, there is a partnership with Tony Parker on the basketball side. Two, there is a convergence of visions on what high-level clubs should be in terms of organization, preparation, capital investment “, He explained.
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The construction of an Arena in Décines-Charpieu
” Tony also joined OL Reign’s capital in Seattle alongside us (women’s soccer franchise). And then, in our partnership, there is a whole part of international development in China and the United States which will be done by Tony Parker who becomes, more than an ambassador of the OL brand, a real partner ”, said Aulas again.
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The former leader of the San Antonio Spurs, retired from the floor since last summer, chairs the Asvel club (Elite), historically attached to Villeurbane, in which he has been the majority shareholder since 2014.
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In 2019, basketball players and footballers got so close that OL Groupe, the listed holding company controlling Olympique Lyonnais, entered the capital of Asvel. It has owned 31.67% of the shares since December. The cooperation between the two entities should continue with the construction of an Arena in Décines-Charpieu, just next to the OL stadium, which would welcome basketball players from 2023.
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