Jean-Baptiste Sarrazin
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9:06 p.m., February 15, 2023
The summary of the audit mission of the French Football Federation (FFF), commissioned by the Ministry of Sports, was made public on Wednesday and the finding is overwhelming for the current president of the French Football Federation Noël Le Graët. The report describes the “behavioral excesses” of its president which are “incompatible” with his function. Special guest of the show Europe 1 Sport (every evening from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.), Éric Borghini, member of the Comex, once again demanded the resignation of Noël Le Graët.
For the current President of the Mediterranean League, “the situation is absolutely untenable” at the FFF. “It is urgent” to turn this page, he declared at the microphone of Céline Géraud. The criminal lawyer regrets this outcome after a more than honorable record of the former mayor of Guingamp at the head of the Federation. According to Éric Borghini, Noël Le Graët “is trampling on his balance sheet. He straightened out the Federation, he restored order and today the results are perfect, but unfortunately the behavioral excesses mean that he must withdraw definitively. “
emergency meeting
An exceptional meeting, with all the members of the Comex, was to be held this Friday before it was finally postponed to next week. “Too many members are unavailable” at the end of the week, justified Éric Borghini in Europe 1 Sport. The fourteen members of the Executive Committee, made up of Le Graët, eleven leaders from his list elected in March 2021 and two ex officio members (LFP President Vincent Labrune and LFA President Vincent Nolorgues), should meet “in beginning of next week”, according to Éric Borghini.
A meeting chaired by Noël Le Graët, himself, and which should decide on his fate. Before that, Éric Borghini, present in Europe 1 Sport, intends to meet its president “man to man” to tell him again of his wish to see him leave his post. As a reminder, the Comex member and current President of the Mediterranean League had already asked for the head of Noël Le Graët on January 11th.
“I will quit”
For the moment, no member of the Comex has resigned since the appearance of Noël Le Graët’s first troubles. A position that could change if the current president of the FFF remains in his post. “I had the position not to resign because I was afraid that people would consider me to be an accomplice to his grievances”, justified Éric Borghini.
But “if the president (Noël Le Graët) decides to stay, I will resign and I think I will not be the only one”, he then confessed before concluding: “I hope he will do the right thing choice.”