The president of the French Football Federation will meet next January, Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA to ask him for the allocation of "significant aid" for the attention of the French overseas leagues, announced Christmas. Le Graët last Saturday, after the Federal Assembly of the FFF.
"I made an appointment with Gianni Infantino in January, and I will be accompanied by the presidents of Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana and Saint-Martin so that there will be significant help in terms of the structuring of these leagues, which are not completely affiliated with Fifa but not ignored by Fifa, "the FFF president told reporters.
He refused direct affiliation with Fifa of these overseas leagues, sometimes claimed, while saying he was open according to "political" developments, as in New Caledonia where a referendum is to be held in 2018 or against the independence of this French archipelago of Oceania, as provided for in the Noumea agreement (1998).
Recall that an aid fund created by all of French football (FondaCtion) has already raised € 500 for the rehabilitation of infrastructure and thus contribute to the renewal of football in the Northern Islands. Funding for the “FondaCtion” comes from football bodies, including the French Football Federation (FFF), the Professional Football League (LFP) and private sponsors who are benefactors, ”said the boss of 000 F during his recent visit to Saint-Martin. _AF
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