Former international and coach Luis Fernandez announced Thursday that he wanted to draw up a list for the presidency of the French Football Federation (FFF) in March 2021. He said he wished to "participate in the reconstruction" of French football, which did not show a good image during the crisis. “Everyone has spoken a lot and defended their parish. This is not football. It is a collective sport, and during the confinement, it was not, ”he said in an interview with L'Equipe .
Fernandez intends to associate with his project former players of the French team of the 84 and 98 generations. "We must reorganize the house of French football, which is in poor condition, to allow it to start on a new basis", a- he explained again. He says he relies on the support of outstanding players of the national team's great successes, such as Alain Giresse, Jean Tigana, Fabien Barthez, Marcel Desailly or Lilian Thuram.
The beachhead still to be identified
Fernandez, on the other hand, excluded from applying himself for the succession of Noël Le Graët: it will have to be "someone who is interested in our soccer project and who can be reached", possibly a a former footballer who remains to be identified, he said.
“I have nothing against the Federation. But we don't agree with her. There's not a great chef in there! Exclaimed the former PSG coach, 60 years old. Noël Le Graët, who has chaired the FFF since 2011 and was re-elected in March 2017, did not say whether he wanted to apply for his succession, at 78 years old. Presidential elections, originally scheduled for December 2020, have been postponed to March 13, 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Luis Fernandez is not tender with the Breton: "The man who had to punch his fist on the table and avoid going into the field of communication is him," he launched, regretting that the French football did not wait before definitively stopping its season.
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