“Noël Le Graët is 81 years old, he is an elderly leader of French football who logically should complete his term of office in 2024… Unless this controversy ends up costing him his job.
Sums up Romain Baheux, journalist at the Parisian sports department.
Following his skid concerning an appointment to the post of coach of Zinédine Zidane in Brazil, on RMC, Noël Le Graët “seems to lose some support: the Ministry of Sports has him in the sights.
Relations with Emmanuel Macron, with whom he exchanged regularly, have cooled down a bit, ”explains our journalist.
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