Olympique de Marseille owner says putting club up for sale

Olympique Marseille's owner Margarita Louis-Dreyfus attends the French Ligue 1 football match between her team and Paris St Germain at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS (Reuters) - Olympique de Marseille's majority owner, billionaire businesswoman Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, is putting the French Ligue 1 football club up for sale, she said on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Jean-Francois Rosnoblet, writing by Leigh Thomas, Editing by Ed Osmond)