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Philippe Diallo in Le Méridional: “I highlight federal unity: being president of the federation is not being president of amateur Football, it is being president of French football, so that includes the pros. When they encounter difficulties, part of my role is to support them.
This is what I did in a very concrete way, at the start of the year, when the Hopes challenge was to be launched. The League (LFP) wanted to abandon it for lack of resources, so I took it over to the Federation. We launched it in the fall because I thought it was good for the training of our young people.”
“Providing them support corresponds first and foremost to our role, it is legitimate”
“Since then, in my candidacy, I have also made a commitment to provide more than 20 million euros to support the Professional Football League and its clubs (…)
When I see the situation of the Girondins de Bordeaux, providing them support firstly corresponds to our role, it is legitimate, and, on the other hand, there is the idea of sitting around the table with the stakeholders to say “Now, how do we see the future?”
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