Ligue 1 leaders Lille sold to investment fund Lille (France) (AFP) – Gerard Lopez has sold Ligue 1 leaders Lille to Callisto, a subsidiary of the Merlyn Partners investment fund, a source close to the club told AFP on Friday.
The new owners have installed Olivier Letang, a 48-year-old former sporting director at Paris Saint-Germain and president of Rennes, as CEO.
Lopez, a Spanish-Luxembourgish businessman, bought Lille from Michel Seydoux in January 2017.
They finished 11th in the table that season, dropped to 17th the following year but have since finished second and fourth.
This season they lead the league after 15 matches and have progressed from the group stages of the Champions League for only the second time, the previous occasion was in 2006.
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