In an interview with L'Equipe, the former president of the FFF is ruthless with the man who replaced him at the start of 2023 at the head of the body. Philippe Diallo is seeking a second term at the end of the year, and he will not be able to count on the support of his predecessor.
Forced to resign in February 2023 as part of the report commissioned by the Ministry of Sports, Noël Le Graët saw the legal steps taken against him fail last week. The investigation into moral and sexual harassment which targeted the former president of the French Football Federation was dismissed by the courts for insufficiently characterized offense.
Feeling free to be able to speak, the “menhir” of French football demonstrates once again that he has thick leather and settles his scores in an interview granted to the daily The Team. Ruthless with the former Minister of Sports Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Noël Le Graët is also fierce with his successor at the head of the 3F, Philippe Diallo. Interim president from February 2023, Philippe Diallo, then vice-president, was finally elected president on June 10, 2023.
The return of Uncle Gunslinger
In this interview, Noël Le Graët strives to belittle the man he considers to have arrived at the top somewhat by chance, and that he owes this destiny only to a pile of favorable circumstances falling from the sky. “He should play the Loto, Noël Le Graët denigrates him, mercilessly with his successor. He is fired from the UCPF union, ex-Foot Unis, I have a free place, I tell myself that he knows football and appointed treasurer. With the departure of Brigitte Henriques from the CNOSF, I promoted him to vice-president.
Comfortably installed in the president's chair, whatever his predecessor thinks, Philippe Diallo is seeking a second term. Diallo is running for a first four-year term in the election on December 11. “Ah well, I don't know if it's Aulas or Diallo number 1, quips Le Graët, considering Philippe Diallo like a puppet. I don't see Diallo's Aulas number 2. They will perhaps change order. ” Facing the outgoing president, the former general director of the Amateur Football League, Pierre Samsonoff is favored by Noël Le Graët, who praises him in the columns of L'Equipe: “He is a good candidate, better than Diallo . I will support him. He will make a good list, he knows amateur football well. He is serious, intelligent and cultured, he is not a joker.
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