Guest of the program "Face aux auditeurs", the former president of RC Toulon evokes the combat of the businessman against cancer, judging that "even those who do not like him respect him at the moment, because that we can only have respect for him ".

"I think that sport and politics are difficult to dissociate", estimates Mourad Boudjellal. And among the characters whose careers intrinsically combine these two fields, the former president of RC Toulon does not hide his respect for Bernard Tapie, former minister, deputy and owner of Olympique de Marseille. Guest of the show Facing listeners , Sunday on Europe 1, the one who now wants to devote himself to football evokes a "courageous" man.

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"I respect Bernard Tapie a lot," begins Mourad Boudjellal, asked about the comparison sometimes made between the career of the businessman, invested in many sectors, and his own. "He shows that he is respectable, because he has an attitude towards illness that leaves me on the ass," he breathes about the ex-boss of OM, who suffers from cancer.

"No ambition at the town hall of Toulon"

"I have rarely seen such a brave guy facing the disease," said the former sports leader. "It goes beyond understanding, his courage. Even those who don't love him respect him at the moment, because we can only have respect for him."

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If he does not take offense at this comparison, does Mourad Boudjellal intend, like Bernard Tapie, to go into politics one day? "I have no ambition at the town hall of Toulon," he replies. "It is possible that next year, at the regional level, I will be (candidate, editor's note ) or I will support a list."