He resigned from UCPF (Union of professional football clubs) July 9 last, the president of Olympique Lyonnais was soon to be joined by almost all the leaders of France championship. Seventeen other clubs have already formalized their rallying
Jean-Michel Aulas even tells the World have convinced eighteenth club. Stade Rennes, chaired by René Ruello. So far, only a club has not joined the movement: Forward Guingamp – piloted by Bertrand Desplat, Christmas Graët son, head of the French Football Federation (FFF) and himself a former president of Breton Training
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This follows the sad given show by the French football authorities on the case of both uphill and downhill originally scheduled starting next year by the League Soccer, but eventually canceled by the FFF. Jean-Michel Aulas book World his story and, at the same time, his vision of the future of professional football in France.
Why the overwhelming majority of Ligue 1 clubs (19 of 20) decided to leave the UCPF
We decided to leave the UCPF to create a new union that is more independent vis-à-vis the French Football Federation. The decision of the FFF to cancel the passage, approved by the Board of Directors of the Professional Football League, three to two runs in Ligue 2 as of this season, similar to the abuse of power. Indeed, in the two votes held on this issue, the vast majority of voters sales (13 votes against 14 and 2 against 1) was in favor of reform.
What is The argument of the Federation to block this decision?
The Federation considers that this goes against the general interest of French football. It considers that a minority of club presidents will take power and impose its decisions.
What will be the goal of this new union?
The idea is to create a more independent structure of the FFF that is not the UCPF today and try to generate more financial resources. The goal is not to crush the other. We want of course to keep the solidarity principle, at least economically, with the clubs in Ligue 2.
However, the Ligue 2 clubs seem disadvantaged …
We wanted to regulate the economic aspect with this reform that is to say, create less uncertainty on the descents and therefore economic losses. There are significant financial gap between Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, so it takes longer protect investors from Ligue 1 clubs.
Why this decision comes this week?
You should know that tomorrow (Thursday), will go into the decision referred to the State Council, so this is good timing. We will show the State Council that the argument of the Federation, which considers that the decision goes against the general interest of French football, is unfounded and totally untrue.
It seems to me that this was the right time to change the model. Next year, the French football organizing Euro 2016 and we have or are in the process of building the most modern stadiums for this event. In 2006, Germany has built ten stages before the organization of its World Cup. Attendance its stages then increased by 25 000 spectators on average just under 50,000 about today.
When Will the union official?
For now, we work on the structure and we check that the name chosen is usable. We will announce all in early September. We are at the dawn of a wonderful season that will conclude with the Euro held on our territory. This is the perfect time to reform the French football.
Interview by Constant Wicherek
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