Soccer: French club Bordeaux sold to US hedge fund

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French club Girondins de Bordeaux have been sold by the media company M6 Metropole Television to Los Angeles-based hedge fund General American Capital Partners (GACP), the French firm said on Tuesday.

"M6 Group has today finalized the sale of the Football Club Girondins de Bordeaux to the US investment fund GACP for 100 million euros (114 million US dollars)," M6 said in a statement announcing their results for the first nine months of 2018.

M6 bought the French club in 1999 and hoped to bring back the glory days of the 1980s when Girondins won three league titles and two French Cups with players such as Alain Giresse, Jean Tigana and Marius Tresor.

Fans of Bordeaux cheer for the club during their Ligue 1 match against Olympique Marseille in Bordeaux, France, November 19, 2017. /VCG Photo

Under M6, however, they won one league title, in 2009, and one French Cup, in 2013.

"A page turns for M6, a new one opens for the club," M6 president Nicolas de Tavernost said on Twitter.

"I wish great success to the new management team and thank all the Girondins for these 19 years. I will remain a fervent supporter of Girondins."

Source(s): Reuters