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Acquisition of Sporting Toulon: Boudjellal very close to throwing in the towel

2020-05-18T22:50:10.110Z


The words of the owner of Sporting, Monday evening, evoking a simple "collaboration agreement" and no longer a sale, exasperated the former boss of the RCT. Who implied that he was giving up. To put the pressure better? And lower the sale price finally set to ... 6 million ...


By David Reyrat and Mathias Merlo, correspondent in Toulon

Too much flip-flop. The stab in the back which he no longer distrusted. Friday, the meeting between Mourad Boudjellal and Claude Joye, the main shareholder of Sporting Club Toulon, had, according to the own words of the ex-boss of the RCT, gone well. Finally an advance, with an audit accepted by Joye. For "peaceful relations" and "a big step" towards the conclusion of the acquisition of the football club relegated to National 2.

But, while he told us that he was close to an agreement, the declarations of the majority shareholder on Monday evening clearly convinced him to throw in the towel. In a long press release, Claude Joye stated, against all reason, that Mourad Boudjellal was not a buyer and that the two men were only studying "a collaboration agreement".

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A new flip-flop from the owner of the football club who seems to have been right in the determination of Mourad Boudjellal. Who did not at all appreciate this message swayed in the evening without Claude Joye speaking to him during their telephone interview during the day. And even less its content, all its spikes against it and other untruths. Joye even goes so far as to assert that it was he who contacted Pascal Dupraz in September 2019 to bring him in while the Caen coach is the candidate chosen and approached by Mourad Boudjellal. Or these innuendo about the insane salary in the event of recruitment of Bafé Gomis…

But the worst is this snub, this manipulation. Claude Joye would never have been a seller, Mourad Boudjellal never a buyer, the two men only planning to collaborate. Yet another provocation that the old comic book publisher did not support. While, on Tuesday, according to our information, he was to meet the main shareholder with his group of investors, and in the presence of the mayor of Toulon, Hubert Falco, he obviously drew a line under the negotiations. His message published at 10:30 p.m., two hours after Claude Joye's vitriolic press release, appears without ambiguity: "Sorry, Toulon friends", accompanied by Daniel Balavoine's song "Goodbye" ...

sorry Toulon friends https://t.co/RUxJdnv4JQ

- Mourad Boudjellal (@mouradrct) May 18, 2020

As he told us, Mourad Boudjellal is on a second recovery project. And, according to our information, the acquisition of ... the Athlético de Marseille (N3) is very advanced. "I only have to sign in another project if I wish," he assured us without, however, confirming the identity of the club. The project is more global with a stadium and real estate. ”

Joye is asking for € 6 million! "I think to buy Barça, more affordable than Sporting at the selling price", replies Boudjellal

Another reason for the wrath of Mourad Boudjellal, the price asked by Claude Joye (non-seller therefore ...). As negotiations dragged on, the main shareholder set the sale price at 6 million euros! Obviously a heresy for a club playing in National 2. A crazy sum which would correspond to the money invested by Joye since his arrival at the head of Sporting, in 2011. “I think to buy Barça, more affordable than Sporting at the level of sale price, ”he quipped on Twitter.

The question remains. Does Mourad Boudjellal really throw in the towel or bluff? Faced with the resistance of Claude Joye, he might be tempted to play the opinion with him. To put pressure on by mobilizing the Ultras from the SCT, already committed to its cause, and who did not take off before the turn of events. It is not to be excluded that these fierce supporters of the Var club are taking action to tell Claude Joye that they no longer want him. A clever way, for Mourad Boudjellal, to accentuate the pressure a little more, he who already benefits from the support of the mayor, Hubert Falco, and many local actors.

It does not reassure me at all this interview ... @ mouradrct reacts. Reassure us .. We are starting to feel bad !!

- YaNn Fau®e (@ yannfaure89) May 18, 2020

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