It is a resignation that she called for and which she logically welcomed. Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, the Minister of Sports, reacted to AFP to the decision of Noël Le Graët, who resigned this Tuesday morning from the presidency of the French Football Federation (FFF). For the minister, he made “the right decision for the FFF and for himself”.
“I have confidence in the future of 3F, in the quality of its teams and in the ability of its authorities to learn the lessons of recent months to emerge stronger, in the service of French football,” he said. she added at the end of this standoff of several months with Noël Le Graët.
In the space of a month, the Minister of Sports and the Olympic Games recorded the resignation of the president of the French Rugby Federation (FFR), Bernard Laporte, and that of the president of the FFF. The Football Federation “will now be able to move forward and do everything possible, under the interim presidency of Philippe Diallo, to get out of the crisis with the line of sight for the next democratic deadlines”, added the Minister of Sports.
On February 15, when submitting an audit report that she had initiated in September, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra had judged that “the status quo” was “impossible” at the head of the FFF. “Given the shortcomings in terms of governance, his seriously inappropriate behavior towards women, I can only endorse the conclusion of the report: he no longer has the necessary legitimacy to administer and represent French football,” she said. declared.