Europe 1 09:37, February 18, 2023

The French football federation awaits the departure of Noël Le Graët, a few days after the publication of the audit mission, which overwhelms the 81-year-old president.

At the microphone of "Europe 1 Sport", Patrick Anton, the president of the National Council of Ethics of the FFF, asked Noël Le Graët to resign "while there is still time".

His departure now seems inevitable.

This week, the audit mission on the management of the French Football Federation (FFF) delivered its conclusions.

And unsurprisingly, they overwhelm the leaders, in particular President Noël Le Graët, accused of insulting remarks and inappropriate behavior, mainly towards women. 

From now on, the federation awaits the departure of Noël Le Graët.

The publication this week of this definitive report on the dysfunctions of the federation only rush the president of the FFF a little more towards the exit.

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, Patrick Anton, the president of the National Council of Ethics of the French Football Federation, again called on Noël Le Graët to resign.

"The straw that broke the camel's back"

"We would not want to bring him before a disciplinary committee. He was a great leader and we would like, even if the door or the window is small today, that he comes out through a door while he is still there. time", he declared at the microphone of Lionel Rosso on Europe 1.

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"The day after the interview of President Le Graët by Marion Bartoli, it was from my point of view and from our point of view at the National Ethics Council, the straw that broke the camel's back. We could no longer continue to accept that the federation is managed by a gentleman who obviously has lost his lucidity", he concluded at the microphone of Europe 1.