Noël Le Graët assures that he “intends to go after mandate, until 2024”. He was invited, Friday, to the Ministry of Sports while a investigation by the magazine “So Foot” reports SMS of a sexual nature that he would have sent to collaborators.
Le Monde
Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation (FFF), told the team on Tuesday, September 13, that he “does not intend to stop at all”. “I intend to clearly, clear and precise to go to the end of mandate, until 2024,” said the 80 -year -old leader since 2011, while some media reported declarations of his part that can suggest that he could resign during the federal assembly of January 7, 2023.
“I never said that. Those who repeated it misunderstood. I have no intention to stop. If my health remains stable, if I am fine, he does not There is absolutely no reason why I stop. I am very good at my post and everyone likes me. I am lucky to be appreciated, “adds Mr. Le Graët.
These declarations also occur five days after the publication by So Foot magazine of an investigation entitled “My Feds will crack” in which three extracts of un dated SMS are mentioned, which would have been recipients of current or past collaborators of the FFF And what would the Graët have sent: “Come to my house for dinner tonight”, “I prefer blondes, so if that tells you”, “you are funny well rolled, I would put you well in my bed”.
According to a source interviewed by So Foot, several women have resigned in recent years from the body because they felt “sexually harassed, but also morally” within the FFF.
“I don’t want to talk about this. We’ll see it later …”, replied Mr. Le Graët to the Team. He was in any case invited to “a moment of exchange” Friday, September 16 with the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, with Florence Hardouin, Director General of the FFF. It is a question of talking about “different subjects”, “supporters, the energy transition, the World Cup, and the article of So Foot,” said the ministry.
In a statement published on Tuesday, the Unfp Professional Player Syndicate deplored “the inaction” of the Federation in the fight against harassment, “sexual or not”, and hopes that this meeting can be “the opportunity to ‘End of harassment, this plague of French football “.