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The emblematic ex-president of the RCT, Mourad Boudjellal, has just taken the reins of the Hyères football club. (©Icon Sport)
As he dreamed, the former strongman of RC Toulon, Mourad Boudjellal, will retrain in the world of football. But it will not be at the” Olympique Marseille, which he wanted to buy with the Franco-Tunisian businessman Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi, can Sporting Club of Toulon, whose project he abandoned.
Nicolas Anelka appointed sports director
This Tuesday February 2, Mourad Boudjellal has indeed become the new president of Hyères FC (Var), a football club playing in National 2 (fourth national level). According to Var radio Mistral FM, “His first announcement was to name the former striker for the France team, Nicolas anelka (41 years old; 69 caps), as sports director ”. The former player of PSG or from Chelsea “Will be in Hyères this week to start his work”.
Above all, Mourad Boudjellal, who is not used to doing things by halves, announced a budget multiplied by 6 for next season. This one will thus pass from € 400,000 to € 2.5 million in 2021-2022. What to feed on big ambitions for Hyères FC, currently 7e (out of 16) from group C of N2.
A new stage already under study
According to Was Martin, a large-scale sports complex, with training grounds and a training center near the stadium, is already under study, because if the professionalization project of Hyères FC materializes, the Var club could quickly find itself cramped in its Perruc’s current stadium (1 500 places).
“This enclosure is not compatible with Mourad’s ambitions. The question will arise quickly, but it is a little premature ”, commented the future leaders.
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