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LFP: Vincent Labrune will be "intransigent" on the wearing of the rainbow jersey

2023-06-06T06:41:56.545Z

Highlights: Professional Football League president Vincent Labrune spoke to L'Équipe. Several players had refused to wear the rainbow flocking jersey. He assured that he would be intransigent in the future on these behaviors. However, he did not specify any sanctions for those who did not wear the jersey. After Idrissa Gueye (PSG) last season, the weekend of 12-13-14 May was marked by new boycotts. Three Toulouse players - Zakaria Aboukhlal, Moussa Diarra and Saïd Hamulic. Just like Nantes' Mostafa Mohamed and Donatien Gomis (Guingamp, Ligue 2).


The president of the Professional Football League raised the tone, ensuring that "nothing is negotiable on this subject". However, he did not specify any sanctions.


In an interview with L'Équipe, Vincent Labrune returned to the controversy concerning the day against homophobia. Several players had refused to wear the rainbow flocking jersey. Attitudes that the president of the Professional Football League did not appreciate. Without specifying that they could be the possible sanctions, he assured that he would be intransigent in the future on these behaviors.

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We want to be a modern, lively and open-minded league. For us, the operation "gay, straight, we all wear the same jersey" was a major success despite the controversies. There are less than 1% of players who refused to wear it. Next season, we will be uncompromising on this operation. It is not a question of politics or religion but of non-discrimination. Nothing is negotiable on this subject, "warns Vincent Labrune.

After Idrissa Gueye (PSG) last season, the weekend of 12-13-14 May was marked by new boycotts. Three Toulouse players - Zakaria Aboukhlal, Moussa Diarra and Saïd Hamulic - refused to wear the rainbow jersey. Just like Nantes' Mostafa Mohamed and Donatien Gomis (Guingamp, Ligue 2).

Source: lefigaro

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