This time, it seems definitely over. Bored by the rejection of his offers by Claude Joye, the majority shareholder of the football club, the former president of the RCT gives up.
With Mathias Merlo in Toulon
Mourad Boudjellal announced succinctly this Tuesday at Var Morning that he was definitely throwing in the towel regarding the resumption of Sporting Toulon. After making him two new proposals this weekend to the majority shareholder of the SCT, Claude Joye, without positive feedback, the former president of the RCT decided on Tuesday to put an end to negotiations to take over the football club evolving in National 2.
Death in my soul, “so much I would have liked to give back to the club of my city its luster of yesteryear. I went to the end of what I could do. I’m not embittered, but disappointed for Toulon … “, says Mourad Boudjellal. According to our information, Claude Joye stubbornly refuses to negotiate the buy-back price, set by him at 6 million euros. A sum far too high for a club which will play next season in National 2.
Claude Joye says that Mourad Boudjellal has decided to “go on another project”
An ad which, according to Var Morning, electrified the supporters mobilized for weeks to obtain the resignation of the current leaders. “It is a declaration of war,” one of them reportedly said. This certainly explains the long press release published shortly after noon by Claude Joye on the Sporting website to “evoke cards on the table the different discussions that took place with Mourad Boudjellal”.
He accuses the latter of being “not very interested in the association and the young teams, his wish was to boost the image of the first team and build a Ligue 1 project with the aim of a resale in five years (…) at a minimum price set at € 16 million ”. The majority shareholder said in his long message that the sale was close to being completed on Sunday before a final twist on Monday. One of Mourad Boudjellal’s financial partners then informed him by email that “Mourad decided to go on another project”. And to affirm that this other project, the acquisition of the Athlético Marseille (which evolves in National 3), will certainly be finalized “this Wednesday, June 3”.
“I admit that I really don’t understand these changes in position. It is complicated to build a project under these conditions. However, I take note of this decision which I respect and which I regret because we were in agreement on all the essential subjects except for the weight that training must have in a project like ours. “
Mourad Boudjellal’s scathing tweet
Mourad Boudjellal immediately replied to this unpacking via a scathing tweet of which he has the secret. “The fine buyout offer is in copy at the home of the mayor of Toulon. C. Joye considers it insulting, according to her, since less than 6M €. For the rest everything was communicated to the lawyer, except the result of the police custody of the president of Sporting. ” A final attack which suggests that the war between the two men is not over. According to our information, Claude Joye and Hubert Falco, mayor of Toulon, will meet this Friday to take stock of the current situation of the Azur et Or entity.
