the one which… head French Football Federation (FFF), Noël Le Graët resigns on Tuesday after embroiled in a string of scandalsespecially because of accusations of sexual harassment that make its continuation untenable.
The resignation of 81-year-old Le Graët, who has been in office for eleven years, was leaked to various media outlets and made official at the FFF’s board meeting in Paris.
The former president had been removed from his position as the federation president since 11 January due to intense pressure against him. Then the trigger interview with a radio station he mocked Zinedine Zidane.
Also on the 30th, an inspection report commissioned by the Ministry of Sports on the administration of the FFF was published, condemning and above all insisting on a “sexist and violent environment” and other “dysfunctions”. Le Graët then allowed the situation to worsen.
The conclusion of the authors of this document is that the document no longer exists. “The necessary legitimacy to govern and represent French football”among other things, because of a “problematic attitude” towards women that “could at least be described as sexist”.
After all, Le Graët is expected to question all these accusations and launch a defensive operation after his resignation. media and law.
temporarilyPhilippe Diallo will be vice president who will hold the reins of the FFFAs it has been since January 11.