Change of course for Mohamed Bouhafsi.
After ten years with RMC, the 29-year-old football journalist is about to take a new direction.
According to our information, from the end of August, he will join the “C à vous” team, with Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine on France 5.
This “baby RMC” is therefore preparing to leave the radio to devote himself to this new role.
A notable change, since if he will continue to talk about sport, he will also shed light on general news, alongside Pierre Lescure, Patrick Cohen, Marion Ruggieri or Émilie Tran Nguyen.
Participation in another France Televisions program is also planned for this young man, who has made it known for several years that he dreams of covering politics in general and the presidential election in particular.
Speeches that make people talk
Arrived in the NextRadioTV group (BFMTV, RMC ...) in 2011, this football fan has gradually established himself as a safe bet on the air.
Round ball specialist, very present on social networks where he has nearly 475,000 subscribers on Twitter and 75,000 fans on Instagram, hyperactive during the transfer window, he quickly made a name for himself.
And the management gave him their trust by giving him several shows
Since the start of the last school year, Mohamed Bouhafsi was in charge of “Top of the Foot”, broadcast every day between 6 pm and 9 pm, alongside Jean-Louis Tourre.
A long section followed every day by 161,000 listeners on average over the January-March 2021 wave, down slightly over one year (-38,000 curious).
Outside of sport, his speeches on other subjects have often been talked about.
In particular thanks to a column published in the columns of the Journal du Dimanche in the spring of 2020, in which he revealed to have been a child beaten by his father.
A fight for the protection of children in which he decided to engage with associations, such as the National Convention of Child Protection Associations (Cnape).
"The fight against homophobia is not politics"
And in recent weeks, the one covering Euro football has made a series of remarkable appearances. There was first an interview with the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, on June 10, from the Clairefontaine training center. But also a response to the deputy Les Républicains Valérie Boyer who was moved by the decision of the Blues - finally abandoned - to put one knee on the ground to protest against discrimination. She felt that they should also get involved in other causes. Which is already the case, as the journalist had listed.
Rebelote a few days later with a very noticeable stance on homophobia in Hungary and UEFA's refusal to light up the stadium in LGBT colors. “We can clearly say that UEFA made a mistake, he was annoyed on the air. The future law of Viktor Orban
(Editor's note: the President of Hungary)
will even remove homosexual images on TV. We refuse to mention in books the rights of LGBT communities. This is what is happening today. The fight against homophobia is not politics, it's just common sense, humanist values. "
Moreover, in addition to the arrival of Mohamed Bouhafsi, “C à vous” is preparing to considerably strengthen its team in the run-up to the presidential election next April and after a season when audiences have fallen slightly. Thus, Bertrand Chameroy will propose each day a chronicle in the emission of France 5. A nice promotion for the one who was this season "The Speakerin", of the name of his column, every Friday in "C à vous, la suite" and who also participated in "Six at home", on France 2 with Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine and Patrick Cohen.