Tennis star Novak Djokovic is a part of a gaggle of buyers who’ve purchased a stake in French second-tier soccer staff Le Mans, together with ex-Method 1 drivers Felipe Massa and Kevin Magnussen, the membership mentioned on Friday.
Le Mans mentioned in an announcement that they be a part of different new monetary buyers into the membership, together with Latin American sports activities funding agency OutField and Georgios Frangulis, the founder and chief govt of OakBerry. Frangulis is the boyfriend of three-time ladies’s Grand Slam champion Aryna Sabalenka.
“The individuality of this fund additionally lies in its contribution from high-level athletes,” Le Mans president Thierry Gomez mentioned within the assertion. “Novak Djokovic, Felipe Massa, and Kevin Magnussen shall be a part of the journey.”
No monetary particulars got.
Djokovic is the proprietor of a males’s file 24 Grand Slam titles in tennis. The 38-year-old Serb has gained 100 profession titles total.
Massa gained 11 races and secured 41 podiums in his F1 profession. When driving for Ferrari, the favored Brazilian was inside a whisker of successful the 2008 title, just for Lewis Hamilton to beat him in a dramatic end on the final race. Hamilton gained the title by 98 factors to 97.
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The 32-year-old Magnussen drove near 200 races in F1, securing one podium and one pole place. However the Danish driver was not retained by Haas on the finish of final yr when his contract expired.
Le Mans soccer membership, which is celebrating its fortieth anniversary, start their league marketing campaign on Aug. 9.
Le Mans — a small metropolis in northwestern France — additionally hosts the famed 24-hour endurance automotive race.
