Olympique de Marseille owner 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

MARSEILLE (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.

Louis-Dreyfus, the Russian-born chairwoman of global trading house Louis Dreyfus Commodities, said she would sell Marseille to the best long-term investor.