Michel Denisot, here in November 2019, is one of the candidates for the presidency of the LFP supported by professional clubs. - ISOPIX / SIPA

The two unions of professional football clubs, Premier League and UCPF, announced on Tuesday that they had agreed on five sponsorships for the election of members of the college of independents of the League's Board of Directors (LFP) , from which its next president will come.

On the eve of the closing of applications on Wednesday, the two organizations attributed their support to Michel Denisot, Alain Guerrini, Vincent Labrune, Gervais Martel and François Morinière.

The clubs agree to advance the LFP elections to September via @ 20minutesSport https://t.co/mwzLfO1Dj3

- 20 Minutes Sport (@ 20minutesSport) July 30, 2020

To stand for the Board of Directors, as an independent member, a candidate must have the approval of the club unions, but also of the Union of Football Actors (UAF) which brings together representatives of "families", c 'that is to say players, referees, coaches, doctors or administrative staff.

Denisot and Labrune favorites?

LFP president Nathalie Boy de la Tour, elected in 2016, announced at the end of July that she was not going to stand for re-election. But as his term ends in November, the Board decided to move the elections forward to September 10.

The president of the LFP is elected by the General Assembly, upon election of the Board of Directors. He will be chosen from among the members of the college of independents of the Board of Directors on the proposal of the Board of Directors. Among the names who come back to succeed Nathalie Boy de la Tour, circulate most often those of Michel Denisot, former leader of Châteauroux and PSG, and Vincent Labrune, president of Olympique de Marseille between 2011 and 2016.

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