On the side of Guingamp, the setbacks of Noël Le Graët, targeted by an investigation for moral harassment and sexual harassment, surprised no one.
The end is approaching for Noël Le Graët. The president of the FFF, whose mandate runs until 2024, was recently removed from office due to the controversy arising from his remarks against Zinedine Zidane, and his multiple slippages in recent years. .
The Breton leader is under investigation for moral harassment and sexual harassment, launched by the Paris prosecutor’s office. And if the executive committee of the FFF awaits the conclusions of the audit carried out by the Ministry of Sports to move forward on its case, Noël Le Graët will probably never return to his post.
“It was time for him to retire”
On the side of his stronghold of Guingamp, no one is really surprised by this epilogue. The president of the FFF had his reputation, on his way of acting, but the fact that he was mayor of the city, president of En Avant, and also a successful entrepreneur, with 800 employees in the food industry, was enough to protect him.
“I still have years to do in the box”launches one of its employees, who prefers to remain anonymous in the survey published this Sunday by L’Equipe. ” Everyone knew about his pranksconfirmed an employee. But it’s the main employer in the area, so people kept a low profile. For him, it is grandeur and decadence. »
However, there are also things to say about this aspect. “To say that Guingamp has developed thanks to Le Graët is fake newsdenounces Thierry Pérennes, of the CGT. The city still holds the record for the poverty rate in Brittany. He just developed an economic outgrowth around the football club and he built his notoriety on that. » As for the personality of Le Graët: “ Its behavior is known heresays the trade unionist. And people say it was about time he retired. »