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Crisis at the FFF: the fate of Noël Le Graët studied on February 28

2023-02-16T11:35:29.585Z


The executive committee of the French Football Federation will meet in Paris in an extraordinary session to draw the conclusions of the audit.


The end of the soap opera?

The executive committee of the French Football Federation (FFF), the government of the instance, will meet on February 28 in Paris in an extraordinary session to draw the conclusions of the audit that pinpointed its president Noël Le Graët, a-t- we learned from an internal source.

Initially, this meeting was to take place this Friday, but some members of the comex were absent and on leave abroad.

The members of the "

Comex

" received a summons on Thursday for a face-to-face meeting on February 28 at 10:00 a.m. at the headquarters of the FFF, boulevard de Grenelle in Paris.

The time for explanations has come.

And Noël Le Graët has never seemed so isolated since taking office in 2011.

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This development comes the day after the submission of the final audit report from the General Inspectorate for Education, Sport and Research (IGESR) on the malfunctions at the FFF, the summary of which pinpoints "behavioral drifts

"

. of Noël Le Graët, "

incompatible with the exercise of the functions and the requirement of exemplarity which is attached to it

".

The president in office since 2011 has not yet reacted publicly but, according to a high-ranking source at the Federation, he has not decided to resign.

Several federal personalities have nevertheless invited him to leave office.

The Breton leader, under pressure, refuses to have his agenda dictated by the Minister of Sports.

Despite everything, he knows he is inaudible and forced to resign.

The next few days will be used for him to discuss with certain members of the Comex, to take the temperature and refine his reflection.

His departure has never seemed so close.

The end of an era is looming at the FFF.

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