Tours FC bought by foreign funds? The hypothesis was launched by the controversial president of the Touraine club, Jean-Marc Ettori, this Wednesday in the columns of the New Republic. Unable to climb to National 2 this season and overtaken by the Oats club, the TFC vegetates in N3 (5th division), far from its boom years.
Eager to hand over at 72, the Corsican leader spoke about the situation of the Touraine club, in bad financial shape and not sure of passing with ease the passage in front of the DNCG, the financial policeman of French football.
“This foreign investment fund will take over 50% control of the club, with the idea of gently bringing the TFC to its natural and logical place, assures the president of Tours, who has owned the club since 2013, where he notably passed Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny, Andy Delort, but also Jonathan Gradit, Baptiste Santamaria and Haris Belkebla in recent years. We still need time to wrap things up, another good month. Me, as soon as everything is in place, goodbye and thank you. I’m 72 casually, I want more peace. »
In recent months, the club’s former player in the 1980s and star consultant on beIN Sports, Omar Da Fonseca, had tried to take control of Tours FC. Before seeing his project be revoked. The investment of Saïd Chabane had been mentioned for a time, without a future. The arrival of foreign funds would be a first in the history of the Touraine club, which continues to pursue its past and is now vegetating in the slums of French football. Much to the dismay of his most loyal supporters.
