The end of the Le Graët era has never been so close. As announced by our colleagues from The Team and RMC Sport, the president of the French Football Federation should announce his resignation on Tuesday, during the executive committee of the body, less than fifteen days after the final audit of the General Inspectorate for Education, Sport and research (IGESR) on the dysfunctions at the FFF and the “behavioral drifts” of its president. This was confirmed half-word Jean-Michel Aulas, the president of Olympique Lyonnais and member of the 3F comex, this Monday, at The Team.
“I think he would do well to take a step back to ensure his defense and be able to explain, in what he has been accused of, what is acceptable and what, from his point of view, is not. I really wish that he was in this perspective of putting the interest of the Federation before his personal interest, said Aulas. We’ll see tomorrow (Tuesday) what’s going on, but I’m hopeful. He is a good person who realized that the Federation could, depending on what is happening now, be very penalized. I therefore think that he is not going to add to his personal problem a problem at the Federation, which for him comes first. Noël wants to put the interest of the FFF before his own. »
For Aulas, Corinne Deacon can no longer continue
The OL boss also reacted to the affair (one more) which has shaken French football since Saturday, namely the withdrawal of certain players from the French women’s team as long as Corinne Deacon would be the coach. . For him, the retention of the latter seems impossible in the current state of things. “Corinne Deacon has been there for six years, there have been ups and downs. Noel knows this very well. Tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Comex, he will tell us his feelings. Me, I have the impression that we have advanced in a situation of no return, he confided. The message delivered by the best French players, who are among the best in the world, the Federation cannot sit on it. This is my feeling and my opinion. »