The coach of the team of France, Laurent Blanc, was interviewed Monday by the two commissions of inquiry into the case of quotas that shakes for over a week in French football.
"The hearing was held today, Laurent Blanc," he told Reuters spokesman of the French Football Federation (FFF), François Manardo.
Last person to be heard, White had to deliver to investigators, those measures undertaken by the federation and those appointed by the Sports Ministry, its version of the meeting of the National Technical Directorate (DTN) of 8 November during which was discussed the idea of quotas for young players in the binational federal training centers.
The three officials of the Inspectorate General of Youth and Sports (IGJS) were back in the day they report to the Minister Chantal Jouanno.The latter could speak Tuesday on the subject.
The report of the internal committee of the federation, composed of Patrick Braouezec, president of the Football Foundation and member of Seine-Saint-Denis and Laurent Davenas, president of the National Council of Ethics will be discussed Thursday at an extraordinary meeting of Federal Council, the governing body of the federation.
Francis Blaquart first referred
Based on the findings and recommendations of its inspectors, the department must decide whether to take the floor to lawsuits for discrimination against certain members of the DTN.
The first target is the national technical director (DTN) Blaquart Francis, who has explicitly mentioned the idea of quotas, according to the recording of the meeting last fall done by one of its participants, Mohamed Belkacemi, responsible the football federation of neighborhoods.
Responsible to the Ministry, Francois Blaquart was suspended from his duties as a precaution and risk dismissal.
The federation must decide on its side on the merits of administrative sanctions in domestic.
The case erupted into a federation torn by conflicts and personal rivalries with the approach of the election, June 18, its president and its new executive committee.
It is the latest incarnation for FFF in deep crisis for nearly a year and the fiasco of the national team at the World Cup in South Africa.
Within a few months, the French football has been a controversial qualifying for the World Cup on Thierry Henry's hand, eliminating the pathetic first round of the Blues - with a strike of the unique training in this kind of competition - Case of the Blues finally premiums paid to associations and revelations about the privacy of certain players.
Far largely spared by these controversies and in high popularity because of the good results of the France team since he took over the leadership last summer, Laurent Blanc is the time criticized by some his peers for his statements during the meeting.
The coach, who then made a public apology, said it would be in favor of quotas. His positions have divided the team members' black-blanc-beur "world champion in 1998, to which he belonged.
