The president of the French Football Federation, Noël Le Graët was received on Friday by the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castera, to discuss, in particular, sexual SMS that he would have sent to employees .
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The Ministry of Sports decided, Friday, September 16, to initiate an audit and control mission within the French Football Federation (FFF). She intervenes after the publication by SO Foot magazine of an investigation pointing many dysfunctions within the FFF, starting with the sending (according to anonymous testimonies) of SMS of a sexual nature to employees by the president, Christmas Graët.
morning (between 8 a.m. and 9:15 a.m.), the meeting was eagerly awaited. The Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, had warned in an interview Parisian: “I do not receive them to take tea, I do not receive them to hear me say that everything is fine.”
In a press release, the ministry says that M me
é> oudéa-Castera “took note of the explanations of the two leaders on the facts reported by the press and the reasons why the federation wished to deposit defamation complaint against SO Foot magazine. ”
The Minister indicated to her two “guests” her intention to initiate an audit and control mission of the General Inspectorate of Education, Sport and Research (IGESR) “on the management of The Federation and compliance with the obligations attached to it “.
“Noël Le Graët is committed to transmitting to this mission, in the most complete transparency, all the reports produced in the recent period on the FFF, and in particular those relating to its governance and its management,” Added the ministry.
“I do not intend to stop at all”
At 80 years old, Noël Le Graët, in post since 2011 and re -elected in 2021, is found at the heart of the turmoil since the revelations of the monthly and while his fourth mandate runs until 2024.
The Breton had indicated to the world to appreciate in advance “a good meeting with the minister who [makes him happy”, but he had been more embarrassed when evoking the revelations of So Foot.
As for a possible early start after the World Cup in Qatar (November 18-December 20), he warned: “I did not intend to stop at all, except illness or failure in Qatar, But that is life. I am elected until 2024 and I want to continue. “
Furthermore, the Minister expressed her wish to meet the delegate vice-president of the FFF, Philippe Diallo, often presented as a power successor by Mr. Le Graët.