Detox. Emmanuel Macron played club football well

When it comes to Emmanuel Macron, it doesn’t take much to create intoxication. Internet users have been claiming for a few days that supporters of the President of the Republic would circulate a false football license in his name, to accredit his past as a footballer.

The case starts from the book The Traitor and the Void, written by two journalists from Le Monde. We read the words of Gaspard Gantzer, ex-adviser to François Hollande, who accuses Emmanuel Macron of having built his image as a football fan, and denounces a fictionalized staging of his passion for the round ball. ” Macron has never played football in his life, I would know! »Tackles his former classmate at the ENA.

The next day, the President’s supporters counter-attack by publishing, as proof, the image of an old license of ” leisure football “ on behalf of Emmanuel Macron. But tweeters note that the photo on this 2006 license was taken during the Attali commission, in September 2007. Enough for some commentators denounce a ” false rude “.

However, the license, released in May 2017 by the Paris football league during the presidential election, is not a fake. Désintox had access to the intranet of the French football federation. The page of the player Emmanuel Macron confirms the license number, and even proves that the President played in a club for five seasons with the ENA sports association, between 2003 and 2008. The mystery of the photo is not one a. It is possible to modify the photo of each licensee or ex-licensee, before reissuing an old license, explains Jérôme Bouchacourt, director of the specialized site footamateur.fr.

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