Felipe Massa and Djokovic back Le Mans bid with Brazilian group

Le Mans FC has announced the partnership of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic and Brazilian Felipe Massa, former Formula 1 driver, as new financial partners of the French club.

Both athletes are connected to OutField, a Brazilian group of investors that is making this new move in the market with the experience of having direct participation in Coritiba.

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The financial contribution is part of Le Mans' plan to climb divisions. In the last 10 years, it has gone from the sixth to the second.

In the next season, which marks its 40th anniversary, the team will try to return to the elite of French football.

Le Mans competed in the country's first division between 2004 and 2011.

The city is famous for organizing for more than 100 years one of the most traditional car races in the world, lasting a whole day, the 24 hours of Le Mans.

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