By Richard Pagliaro | Friday, August 1, 2025
Photograph credit score: Rob Newell/CameraSport
Novak Djokovic is kicking in a brand new funding.
The Grand Slam king has invested within the Le Mans soccer (soccer) staff, Le Mans FC announced at present.
Former world No. 1 Djokovic joins Georgios Frangulis, the Brazilian businessman proprietor of Oakberry finest recognized to tennis followers as Aryna Sabalenka’s boyfriend, former System 1 drivers Felipe Massa and Kevin Magnussen and South American sports activities funding agency OutField as new buyers in Le Mans FC.
“Novak Djokovic, tennis legend and probably the most profitable participant in historical past, whose psychological power and distinctive method will add appreciable worth,” Thierry Gomez, Le Mans FC proprietor and president mentioned in an announcement.
“We have now to remember that the financial mannequin of soccer has modified, with a tightening of the elite and the arrival of latest buyers,” Le Mans FC proprietor Gomez mentioned. “To exist on this new context and hope to proceed to develop, now we have no selection however to adapt, as a result of our ambition stays the identical: to fill the stadium and share stunning feelings collectively, like in our final match towards Versailles.
“That’s why I’m happy at present to announce the arrival of our new monetary companion: OutField, the chief in sports activities funding in Latin America, and Georgios Frangulis, founder and CEO of OakBerry. They’ve the particularity of being a Brazilian funding fund. You realize my love for the sport… and who higher than the Brazilian staff symbolizes, on the planet of soccer, the gorgeous recreation?
“The particularity of this fund additionally lies in its contribution to high-level athletes. Thus, Novak Djokovic, Felipe Massa and Kevin Magnussen shall be a part of the journey.”
Djokovic, who comes from a household of champion skiers, can also be a talented soccer and basketball participant. He’s shared his soccer abilities each in pick-up video games with fellow professionals on the Indian Wells grass and in charity soccer matches.
The 38-year-old Serbian celebrity can also be good mates with WTA world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and her boyfriend, Georgios Frangulis. Throughout Wimbledon, Sabalenka shared Djokovic has given her recommendation on dealing with the pressures of world No. 1.
The 24-time Grand Slam champion jokingly jabbed Sabalenka in an Instagram publish yesterday as he reposted photos from his GQ phot shoot captioned “that is the way you strike a pose Aryna Sabalenka.”
