Press reports said on Thursday that Michel Platini, former president of the European Football Association (UEFA), may succeed Noel Le Graet as president of the French Football Federation.
The German newspaper “Süddeutsche Zeitung” reported on Thursday that the French Football Association is working on a plan with Platini.
The RMC Sport television station also indicated that French President Emmanuel Macron had asked if Platini had an interest in the position.
And Le Graet was temporarily suspended from the presidency of the French Football Federation, in the wake of the criticism he faced after his statements against the legend Zinedine Zidane.
Zidane, the former captain of the French national team, was a strong candidate to succeed Didier Deschamps as coach of the French national team, but Le Graet told the radio station “RMC” that he would not make a phone call with one of France’s most crowned players, and added: I don’t care, he can go anywhere. Wants.
Le Graet and the French Football Federation are under investigation over allegations of sexual abuse, but he has denied all such accusations.
After being acquitted by a Swiss court of fraud charges last July, Platini said he was no longer looking to work as a football official. At the same time, he did not want to completely distance himself from the world of football, and confirmed that he would be available if there was something positive.
