The Marseilles Connection: detectives swoop on OM kingpins

Gignac

By Mark Baber
November 19 – In a throwback to the Bernard Tapie scandals of the 1990s, French police swooped in on the leading lights of Olympique Marseille (OM) on Tuesday morning, arresting club president Vincent Labrun and general manager Philip Perez at their homes in Saint-Remy de Provence and Marseille and questioning them over potential corruption and kick backs involving multi-million Euro transfer deals.

This content is for Archive Access (1 year), Archive Access (6 months) and Archive Access (student) members only.
Log In Register