In some ways, this reminds me of Bernard Tapie, called "a man with 1001 lives". It's a really interesting story from 1980s/90s of a self-made-businessman, turne

In some ways, this reminds me of Bernard Tapie, called "a man with 1001 lives". It's a really interesting story from 1980s/90s of a self-made-businessman, turned politician, getting to the very top, doing deals with African leaders, becoming minister, having his football club (Marseille) win the European Champions League; which however was a turning point that started his downfall, as they bought a domestic game just before, to avoid injuries before the big final. A very interesting documentary [2] explains all this. There's also Netflix series that I didn't watch though. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Tapie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Tapie [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_football_bribery_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_football_bribery_scanda... [2] https://lcp.fr/programmes/les-mille-et-une-vies-de-bernard-tapie-83197 https://lcp.fr/programmes/les-mille-et-une-vies-de-bernard-t...