LFP: "False statements, dishonesty, lies and conspiracy" (Vincent Labrune)

"For more than a year now, French football, the LFP and myself have been the target of attacks of rare violence orchestrated by a group of individuals with the dual aim of sabotaging the tender for audiovisual rights and blowing up governance. It is unbearable to read and hear such false statements, to have such a rewriting of history that is dishonest, lies and purely and simply conspiratorial," declared Vincent Labrune, chairman of the LFP, in L'Équipe on 28/08/2024.

"I feel that our successes are not valued... Despite a major crisis, we took the bull by the horns with a twofold objective: to ensure our survival and overhaul our model. We have reduced the size of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 to 18 clubs to lighten the calendar, strengthened our relationship with the French State, modernised our governance, improved safety in our stadiums, created a commercial subsidiary, raised €1.5bn, and we have a model League in Europe in the fight against racism and homophobia... No one talks about that," said the president of the Ligue de Football Professionnel, 13 days ahead of the elections, which…