INFO FIGARO – The umpteenth rebound in the takeover of the Azur et Or club. According to our information, the current president of the SCT informed Mourad Boudjellal by their joint lawyer that the Sporting Club Toulon was for sale. However, it will have to lower its price, which was initially set at 6 million euros.
From our correspondent in Toulon
New twist in the Toulon Sporting Club series. After being torn apart by the media last week, Claude Joye and Mourad Boudjellal have come together again through their common lawyer. And the Rade club is this time … for sale!
The audit scheduled during their first agreement, before a new mess, will be carried out this week. What revive the crazy dream of supporters of Rascasse largely favorable to an arrival of the former president of the Rugby Club Toulonnais. An appointment between the two men to finalize the deal is expected later this week.
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What explains this sudden turnaround? According to our information, the current owner of the SCT does not have much support around him anymore. Even if he said he did not want to get involved in a possible takeover, the mayor of Toulon Hubert Falco wishes to drastically lower the subsidies allocated to the football club. This year, the amount paid by the city exceeded 500,000 euros. A heavy blow for Claude Joye who counted on the same amount in his next budget.
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Excited by the possible arrival of Mourad Boudjellal, some SCT sponsors, including a significant one on the jersey last season, told Claude Joye that they no longer wanted to work with him. New withdrawals from private players who were already de facto putting Azur and Gold finances in great difficulty. To further increase the pressure, Mourad Boudjellal should unveil two important partners this week who are ready to support him in his football dream.
Relegated to National 2, Claude Joye could see himself separating from fifteen players still under contract to revive a positive dynamic. Players deemed undesirable would represent more or less 700,000 euros of the payroll. Yet another problem for the trained accountant, few players want to leave Sporting Club Toulon today. They would even be ready to honor their contract. Another rock in the finances of the SCT which remain very precarious.
