The life of Bernard Tapie is nothing but a real life fairy tale, born to a plumber in 1943 , but was the owner of ADIDAS,, and its president, owned newspaper company as well, was a actor , singer , politician n under the president Mitterrand Was also owner of the French football club Olympia Marseilles.
In the year 1993 Olympia Marseilles, even won the Champion League , when the French club defeated the mighty Italian giants A.C.Milan..
But things turned entirely upside down for Bernard Tapie, he was found guilty of match fixing and was imprisoned for a while, he was forced to-sell ADIDAS as well as sell his favorite club Olympia Marseille.
The club won the French league five times., quite a feet I must say h club has been shadow of itself since those glory days.
And the biggest defeat for him was that he champion league was takeaway from Olympia Marseilles. in1993.
This is what he said of himself I was a businessman, now I am not, I was a Politician now I am not, I was a actor now I am not, I was a singer I am not,I was in jail now I am Not.
He died of stomach cancer on 6/10/2021.The fans dd nt frget him they came in large numbers to pay their lat tribute to their hero.
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