The audit on the FFF (Le Graët, Hardouin, Comex…) unveiled this Wednesday, February 15, 2023

The document from the General Inspectorate for Education, Sport and Research (IGESR), dated Wednesday, points to “inappropriate public positions“, “inappropriate behavior… towards women“particularly through”Ambiguous SMS for some and clearly sexual in nature for others“, et “invites the federal authorities to examine this situation in application of the statutory provisions“.

“The hearings conducted by the mission revealed that the inappropriate and offensive nature of Noël Le Graët’s remarks can be accentuated by excessive alcohol consumption.“, write the inspectors again, after four and a half months of investigation and more than a hundred testimonies collected.

They claim to have taken into account the observations made by his lawyers after the sending of a preliminary report on January 30, but assure that “the general meaning” of the final report, delivered on Wednesday, “was not modified”. Consequently, they still consider that the leader of the FFF “no longer has the necessary legitimacy to administer and represent French football“.

“The status quo is impossible… President Le Graët no longer has the necessary legitimacy to administer French football, supported Sports Minister Amélie Oudea-Castera a few minutes later at a press conference. I know he is a man of decision, so I hope he takes the right ones in the days to come.. If he does not, other paths exist and can be activated. But all that belongs to the members of these bodies.”

Listeners recognize that Noël Le Graët “enjoyed a very positive image in the world of football, having straightened the finances of the FFF and modernizing its organization in the service of a positive sporting dynamic“, before use “very centralized“of power does not lead to”dysfunctions and clan logics“. The synthesis further emphasizes “brutal methods and behavior deemed erratic” of General Manager Florence Hardouin, laid off in January, who “no longer allow him to exercise a recognized authority“.

THE “assertive skills” of the Director General are certainly recognized but his “decision-making autonomy” a “drift towards a worrying isolation for the institution“, says the document, pointing to the relationship that has become “toxic” between Noël Le Graët and Florence Hardouin. She also asserts “have suffered from inappropriate behaviorof the 81-year-old leader.

The executive committee, a sort of government of the FFF, is also singled out. The operation of the instance, described as “a place of observations and consensus“, “illustrates a weakness of democratic exercise” because internal projects are “little or no discussion“, is it written.