Friday, August 14, the State Council will give its verdict on the dispute currently opposing the French Football Federation (FFF) and the League of professional football (LFP). Thursday morning, the sages of the Palais Royal considered two requests. The first comes from fourteen clubs in Ligue 2 and a National Training (third division), challenging the reform passed by the board of the LFP, introducing a system of relegation and two promotions – against three so far – between the elite league and lower division starting this season. The second comes from the League which opposes the cancellation, July 23, of its decision by the executive committee of the FFF. De facto, French football is undergoing one of the most serious crises in its history
Read the interview. Jean-Michel Aulas: “This is the right time for reform the French football “
Following the decision of the FFF invalidate this reform, Jean-Michel Aulas, President of Olympique Lyonnais and sitting on the board of the League decided , July 5, to resign from the Union of Professional Football Clubs (UCPF), the union bosses of professional clubs. Eighteen other presidents in Ligue 1 have followed suit, Tuesday, August 11. Only Bertrand Desplat, president of Guingamp, which was scheduled to meet Thursday morning with Jean-Michel Aulas, has not followed suit.
The president of the UCPF, Jean-Pierre Louvel ( former president of Le Havre in Ligue 2), had also resigned, saying the image sent to the public was dire. The sexagenarian, awaits the appointment of his successor at the end of September before leaving the instance, wants to show that UCPF “is primarily reformer for all clubs, contrary to what some would think.” It indicates that “some wanted to have control over decisions because it is easier to impose his paw when there are fewer clubs. Tomorrow, nine or ten clubs will win. “
Initially, during the general assembly of the UCPF, two proposals were on the table. The first was to set up two ascents and two descents and a dam between the 18 th Ligue 1 and 3 th Ligue 2. The second was to launch the reform of two ascents and two descents to the end of the 2016-2017 season. The latter was chosen, then the League’s Board of Directors decided on May 21, to advance reform in this season. A decision confirmed on July 9.
Meanwhile, the presidents of Ligue 1 now considering establishing their own union, which could be called, according to our information, the “Premier League”. As a nod to our British neighbors. “We are still in the checks to create the structure and see if the name we have chosen can be used,” says to World Jean-Michel Aulas. The international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & amp; Hamilton LLP and one of their Parisian lawyers, Francois Brunet, have been commissioned to create the legal structure of the union. Mr. Brunet is known to have pleaded for fans of Paris Saint-Germain when the latter attacked the UEFA financial fair play of the file
Read also:. Fair- financial play: PSG can again breaking the bank
This new structure would see the day when the French elite clubs through a difficult time financially and athletically. The founders of this union want to have to have more room for maneuver facing the FFF, and thus see their sales increase.
According to Jean-Michel Aulas League clubs bosses 1 planning to hold the principle of financial solidarity vis-à-vis teams from the lower level and the current resource sharing. “We must not forget that it protects Ligue 2 clubs that go up. With this reform, they have less chance to come down. We had in the past clubs that are mounted in the elite, who are endangered and which disappeared as Grenoble or Arles-Avignon [placed in liquidation] “ explains the World Jean-Louis Triaud, president of Bordeaux. At ten months of the Euro 2016, hosted in France, the French football is far from showing a serene face.
Constant Wicherek
No comments:
Post a Comment