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Beziers takeover hits the buffers

JAMES HARRINGTON

FRENCH COLUMN

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It’s taken several weeks, and several twists, but the Beziers afternoon soap opera is running down for the summer. The Emirati buyout collapsed in a mire of acrimony and finger-pointing on Monday, after French rugby’s financial police, the DNACG, refused to give their blessing. What paperwork had been handed over was not enough to convince the watchdog that the deal on the table was on a sound footing.
The buyers blamed the DNACG. Beziers’ owners blam...

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