Football: crisis in French arbitration, the head of professional referees received for dismissal procedure. Referees criticize him for being too closely linked to the presidents of Ligue 1 clubs.
Once Lannoy is dismissed, the Technical Director of Refereeing (DTA) Antony Gautier, with whom Lannoy maintains tense relations, should take on the double role and assume the interim role until the end of the season. “We are in the situation of a coach who has lost his locker room, the vast majority ofprofessional referees have given up” Stéphane Lannoy, former international referee.