According to Le Monde
newspaper
, the French Football Federation (FFF) has been granted "
about 20 additional places
" for the 2022 World Cup final, which saw Argentina beat France in Lusail, Qatar (3-3, 4-2 on penalties).
This on the initiative of its now former president, Noël Le Graët.
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28 of
Le Graët's "
relatives " "
made the trip to Qatar
", reports the daily.
The 81-year-old Breton leader paid for the trip to Qatar himself to his relatives.
“
I had done the same thing in Russia, in 2018
”, underlines Le Graët.
The Le Graët clan housed “at the expense of Fifa”
His friends and members of his family, but also Philippe Le Goff, mayor of Guingamp where Le Graët was the president of the EAG, “
were accommodated at the expense of Fifa
”, specifies
Le Monde
.
"
Fifa and Gianni
(Infantino, president of the body)
had already settled everything upstream, there were a lot of empty rooms in hotels in Qatar at the time of the final
," said Le Graët.
President of the FFF from 2011 to 2023, Noël Le Graët submitted his resignation on February 28.
Despite the torments to which he is subject, he bounced back within FIFA, where he holds the position of delegate of the president to the Paris office of the federation.