Christmas Graët, president of the French Football Federation (FFF) and Jérôme Champagne, candidate for president of FIFA, had a heated exchange during a meeting Thursday morning in a Parisian brasserie, reports Le Parisien . Graët reportedly informed his interlocutor of his choice to vote, as president of the 209 federations, which will vote on February 26, Gianni Infantino, Italian candidate from UEFA.
Jérôme Champagne reportedly replied that he intended to attack that decision, what would Christmas Graët retorted “you are a little man, fuck you” before getting up and pay the bill. Jérôme Champagne confirmed the verbal altercation AFP, assuring that he was “insulted” by Graët.
As we have revealed, the president of the FFF sent in the afternoon an email to members of its executive committee explaining his preference to Gianni Infantino, while several figures of French sport as Thierry Braillard, the Secretary of State for Sports, and Frederic Thiriez, the president of the LFP, have delivered to Jérôme Champagne.
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