The principle once stated by Jacques Chirac works perfectly in football and Noël Le Graët can testify to it. “When trouble happens, it’s always in squadrons,” explained the former President of the Republic. For the former strongman of the French Federation, this is exactly what is happening. His inconsistent and unwelcome statements about Zinedine Zidane led to his moral downfall, the loss of his political support at the highest level and finally the forced withdrawal of his post as president of the FFF on January 11.
