« No more discussions with Oliver Kahn »: Gerard Lopez reacts to the Bayern legend to statements
Oliver Kahn apparently makes you serious. The former CEO of FC Bayern Munich has given an insight into his planned entry at the French tradition of Girondin Bordeaux. « We promised 30 million there in a first step and also demonstrated the official bodies, » Kahn recently revealed in the « Bild » podcast « Bayern-insider ».
« This is no secret. Yes, we have been intensive in conversations with those responsible for a long time, with the stakeholders, what a potential entry can look like. But the club is in a bankruptcy procedure. Of course, the whole thing does not make it quite as easy and very complex for us, » said Kahn in the podcast.
We have had no talks with Oliver Kahn for more than a month.
Gerard Lopez
« We looked at this very closely. The goal should be to bring this club back to Ligue 1 in the next few years. And we can very well imagine being part of this solution, » said the 55-year-old goalkeeper legend.
Kahn traveled to Bordeaux The two men met with local politicians who described their takeover project as « seriously ».
Lopez has clear ideas
At the beginning of March, the current President of the Association, Gerard Lopez, had admitted that he had « talks » with Kahn, but added that there was « no binding offer ». In interviews with the daily newspaper « Sud Ouest » and the radio station « ICI Gironde », the Luxembourg-Spanish businessman also made it clear that he did not want to sell Girondin’s Bordeaux, but was open to minority shareholders.
Oliver Kahn wants to start at Girondin’s Bordeaux. Photo: AFP
Lopez had already announced through his lawyer that he wanted to make the debt of six times the French master alone. By May 27, he has time to submit his renovation plan for the coming years to the responsible insolvency court. The Liabilities should be at around 50 million euros Pass.
On Saturday, Lopez commented on Kahn’s recent statements after the 1-0 home win against Saint-Malo. « If an offer has to be forwarded, then to me or the insolvency administrators. And nobody has received an offer, neither from zero nor of 30 million euros », the president of the traditional club is quoted in the sports newspaper « L’équipe ». « We haven’t had any discussions with Oliver Kahn for more than a month, » said Lopez.
Girondins on the abyss: Gerard Lopez are not just the fans in the neck
Lopez, the was fola president for around ten years and has already been invested in various international clubs has taken over the French tradition of Girondins Bordeaux 2021. After bankruptcy in the summer of 2024, Bordeaux is now playing third place in the fourth-class National 2. Five game days before the end of the season with 42 points and has five points behind the league leader Stade Saint-Brieuc. Only the respective masters of the three -track National 2 climb into the third division.
