A meeting anything but trivial. It's an open secret: the two men appreciate each other and hold each other in high esteem. During the crisis which shook French football and during which the two protagonists played an important role to varying degrees, Noël Le Graët and Emmanuel Macron exchanged several times. This Wednesday, they have an appointment at the Elysee Palace the day after the decisions rendered by the Council of State. The timing is ideal and several topics are on the agenda. Football, fishing and food. As a reminder, "NLG" is also a business manager and boss of an agro-food group, which is cared for by his relatives today. " He asked me to put together a dossier on fishing which is in difficulty in Brittany, as well as on the food industry", admits toFigaro, the boss of French football who especially has a specific request in mind.
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"(On the question of a full Stade de France for the finals) That seems possible to me "
Noël Le Graët at FigaroIn addition to the agenda planned between the two parties, Noël Le Graët delivers his thoughts and his desire to see the Stade de France full for the Coupe de France and League finals in late July-early August. In person, he will plead the cause of French football, but also of the FFF which organizes the Coupe de France. " That seems possible to me," he specifies before saying more . Listen, two months ago, the state's decision was: "From September, you can play in front of 5000 people", I don't see why we wouldn't win a month given the improvement in the situation . I repeat, we will follow the instructions. If not, it will be no, I won't do a comedy . ” A desire of the president of the FFF which goes far beyond the wishes of the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, eager in recent days to fix a gauge of 5000 spectators.
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