 Also interested was former Alouettes running back Eric Lapointe, whose 2017 bid had been rejected but has maintained interest in buying the team (though he withdrew in April 2019), and Vincenzo Guzzo, CEO of Quebec's Cinémas Guzzo cinema chain.As of early June, CFL sources indicated it would not accept Starke's bid, while Guzzo's was said to be on hold.Guzzo later stated that he was displeased with the state of the Alouettes organization as a business and that, had he not been a Montreal resident, he would have never considered buying the team.