{"id":479813,"date":"2026-02-20T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479813\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:48:08","slug":"madrid-goalkeeper-courtois-joins-ownership-group-of-french-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/479813\/","title":{"rendered":"Madrid goalkeeper Courtois joins ownership group of French club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/SportsArchive\/Madrid-goalkeeper-Courtois-joins-ownership-group-of-French-club-2022515?gallery=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/28086475.295.jpg\" alt=\"Courtois has joined the Brazilian investment fund OutField, which now owns French side Le Mans\" title=\"Courtois has joined the Brazilian investment fund OutField, which now owns French side Le Mans\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <\/a>Courtois has joined the Brazilian investment fund OutField, which now owns French side Le Mans<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has joined the Brazilian investment fund OutField, which now owns second-division French side Le Mans, the club said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis star Novak Djokovic and Brazilian racing driver Felipe Massa are also part of OutField, which has now become the majority owner of Le Mans.<\/p>\n<p>Courtois sent a message to the team\u2019s fans via YouTube, explaining his schedule at Real was keeping him busy but that he would visit soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello to everyone at the club, especially the fans. We are convinced we can help Le Mans reach new heights in the coming months,\u201d the Belgian international said.<\/p>\n<p>Le Mans are currently fifth in the French second tier, just three points behind the league leaders Troyes and a single point off the promotion places with eleven matches to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Brazilian group OutField has taken another step today by finalising the acquisition of the club,\u201d Le Mans said on their website.<\/p>\n<p>Outfield joined the ownership last August and has been increasing its share base.<\/p>\n<p>Previous main shareholder Thierry Gomez said it was an exciting time for the club, where he will remain on as president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a significant new step for the club, which should allow Le Mans FC to establish itself permanently in professional football and continue its development,\u201d the Frenchman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Courtois has joined the Brazilian investment fund OutField, which now owns French side Le Mans Real Madrid goalkeeper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-479813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}