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In the past, the president of the Professional Football League Vincent Labrune, at the time at the helm of Olympique de Marseille, often exchanged pleasantries with his counterpart from Olympique Lyonnais Jean-Michel Aulas. In the columns of the daily L’Equipe this Friday, the former Marseillais wanted to calm the game.
“We have known each other for ten years. In football, you have to separate two things: the daily ‘circus’ of L1, with its folklore, and the statements that we have been able to make, him and me, in our functions as president of OL and OM and the rest. Already, at the time, there was also a mutual respect. We were both members of the board of directors of the LFP. We therefore do not start from zero. I have a lot of respect for him, “said Labrune.