After 27 years of presidency, Jacques Rousselot passes the hand. Finalist of the Coupe de la Ligue in 2006, AS Nancy-Lorraine has been vegetating in Ligue 2 since 2017. This season, the Nancy side occupy a worrying 17th place, tied on points with the first two relegated. The hour had come. In a press release, ASNL has just announced “The change of owner of the club now held by new investors. The latter have had significant success by investing in the football and sports industry. Among them are Chien Lee, Partners Path Capital, Pacific Media Group, Krishen Sud and Gauthier Ganaye. ”
Chien Lee and Pacific Media Group are well known in the French football landscape, having been at the head of OGC Nice from 2016 to 2019. They then took possession of Barnsley Football Club in 2017 before investing in 2019 in the Swiss club FC Thun. At the start of 2020, this group of investors took control of the KV Oostende club in Belgium and placed at its head Gauthier Ganaye, former president of OGC Nice and former CEO of Barnsley Football Club. The 31-year-old Frenchman was also “Appointed Chairman of the ASNL with immediate effect”. A new page in the history of Nancy which is turning.
SASP Nancy-Lorraine is pleased to announce to its supporters, sponsors and partners the change of owner of the club, now held by new investors. #ASNL ⚪????
➡ https://t.co/B2MqlLPDJk pic.twitter.com/WNaF6758XW— AS Nancy-Lorraine (@asnlofficiel) December 31, 2020
