Noël Le Graët remains “president until further notice”, announces his lawyer, a member of the Comex threatens to resign

Guest in the morning of RTL the day after the publication of the conclusions of the final audit report on the French Football Federation (FFF) overwhelming his client, the lawyer of Noël Le Graët, Maître Florence Bourg, recalled, Thursday, February 16, that the leader remained despite everything president of the body “until further notice”.

“At this stage, Noël Le Graët will take his decision quietly and certainly not under pressure from the minister, since there is a big political influence… There is no fire at the French Football Federation. He take its time”explained his lawyer while the Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra had declared the day before that “the status quo is impossible” in that case. According to Florence Bourg, “It’s not an inspection report, it’s an execution report to kill Noël Le Graët”.

IThe General Inspectorate for Education, Sport and Research (IGESR) nevertheless stated in its report that the 81-year-old Breton “no longer has the necessary legitimacy to administer and represent French football” because of “behavioural excesses incompatible with the exercise of his functions”.

A member of the Comex threatens to resign

For Maître Florence Bourg, her client “has a sense of utter injustice and rightly so because this report and investigation came about in an outrageous way”. The IGESR document points to a “inappropriate behavior towards women” in particular through “SMS ambiguous for some and clearly sexual in nature for others”. “I am sorry to tell you that there are no text messages of a clearly sexual nature in the report”said the lawyer.

Member of the Executive Committee of the Federation, Eric Borghini answered on the antennas of the radio of the M6 ​​group: “The status quo is not an option.. The president is up against the wall, he will have to take his responsibilities because no one can force him to resign. If it is maintained, I resign and I think that I will be followed by a good number of my colleagues”.

Noël Le Graët must decide between remaining in his post or resigning at the next exceptional meeting of the Comex, the date of which is not yet known.