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A win at Bastia on Saturday would confirm back-to-back promotions and complete a revival fueled by high-profile athlete investors, including Novak Djokovic, Thibaut Courtois, Felipe Massa, and Kevin Magnussen.\n\nThe club's financial collapse in 2013 sent it hurtling down the divisions. President Thierry Gomez, who arrived in 2016, orchestrated a steady recovery, stabilizing finances and rebuilding the club's foundation. By summer 2023, Le Mans had climbed back to Ligue 2, but the board recognized a ceiling to organic growth. That's when Brazilian investment firm OutField stepped in, acquiring the club alongside a consortium of sports stars.\n\nOutField co-founder Pedro Oliveira emphasized the strategic value of bringing in celebrities with a deep understanding of high-performance sport. \"We wanted to bring really high-profile people that could help us leverage the project from a branding perspective,\" he told BBC Sport. The link to motorsport figures Massa and Magnussen capitalizes on Le Mans' iconic 24-hour race heritage, while tennis world No. 1 Djokovic joined through a connection with Oakberry founder Georgios Frangulis, also an investor. Courtois, a Real Madrid goalkeeper, was attracted by the project's vision and reached out to join in February.\n\nGomez praised the investors' sporting acumen: \"It is important that they know the world of sport because it is a world that has its own way of working.\" He noted that the club didn't need a bailout but rather a partner to break through its ceiling. \"Rather than a question of survival, as it is for some, it was a question of finding someone else to take over.\"\n\nOutField, which also owns Brazilian club Coritiba, selected Le Mans from a shortlist of French clubs within 250 kilometers of Paris, a region Oliveira calls one of the world's top two talent hotbeds alongside São Paulo state. The club's academy, shut since 2013, will reopen in July to become the cornerstone of a player-development focus. \"Developing our academy allows us to have players that we would otherwise not be able to access,\" Gomez said. \"Having a Kylian Mbappe at 24 or 25 isn't possible, but having tomorrow's Mbappe at 14, 15 or 16 at Le Mans is.\"\n\nThe club's location inside the famous Le Mans racing circuit offers unique branding potential. Massa and Magnussen help build a narrative around that synergy, but Oliveira insists substance must back the story. \"I would say that our goal in seven years is to consolidate [a place in] Ligue 1, to be one of the top 10 academies in France and to have a brand that is recognisable in global football.\"\n\nUnlike multi-club models such as City Football Group or BlueCo, OutField promotes a \"horizontal model\" where no single club dominates. This approach has been crucial in France, where fan protests have greeted takeovers perceived as threatening local identity. Gomez emphasizes preserving the club's DNA and staying close to local stakeholders.\n\nOn the pitch, manager Patrick Videira has defied expectations. Promotion from the National last season set a target of consolidation in Ligue 2, but his side sit second heading into the final day. Gomez explained they avoided setting promotion as an obligation: \"If, as an objective, you set an obligation to go up, it is the best way to not go quickly and to not reach that objective.\"\n\nLe Mans' rise mirrors its past as a nursery for talent like Didier Drogba and Gervinho. Now, with a sold-out stadium inside the racetrack and a roster of famous investors, the club is writing a new chapter—one that could see it back in Ligue 1 for the first time since 2010.\n\nBased on reporting from BBC Sport.","news","Le Mans FC, backed by Djokovic, Courtois, Massa, can win promotion to Ligue 1 on Saturday, capping a rise from the sixth tier after 2013 bankruptcy.","328597604696854529","326135626590064640","Ligue 2","0","2026-05-09T07:38:26Z","le-mans-star-investors-power-rise-from-6th-tier-to-ligue-1","BBC Sport","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fsport\u002Ffootball\u002Farticles\u002Fcvgzpzklkzmo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss","326257572564701184","Bastia",[74,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84],"326257545792458752","326257565535047680","326255037997125632","326257544194428928","326222712143876096","326257536413995008","326257544458670080","326222711401484288",[75,86,87,88,89,90,91,92,93],"Bournemouth","Real Madrid","Strasbourg","Sao Paulo","Portugal","Paris 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