OM. The statue of Bernard Tapie inaugurated before the symbolic date of May 26, hopes his son

Bernard Tapie will be immortalized in front of the Vélodrome stadium. If this has been a certainty for several months now, the question of temporality is still unresolved, although the outcome is becoming clearer. At the microphone of BFM Provence, Laurent Tapie, son of the former president of OM, expressed the wish to see the statue inaugurated “somewhere between April, if we can have a good match, or May 26”.

Work to do before the ceremony

The date of May 26 is not trivial since it corresponds to the 31^e anniversary of Olympique de Marseille’s victory in the Champions League. If the statue is ready, the City still needs to carry out work to strengthen the esplanade to support the building. “It’s the Town Hall who will tell us but a priori, yes, the reinforcement of the structural work on the esplanade is supposed to be finished in the spring”reassured Laurent Tapie.

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President of OM during the European coronation, Bernard Tapie died on October 3, 2021 at the age of 78 after a long battle with cancer. In addition to the statue, the esplanade on which it will sit will also take the name of Bernard Tapie. “It was very important to me and I thank them for it”greeted Laurent Tapie with regard to the City of Marseille.