Ligue 1 clubs press Matignon to fast-track football governance reform | OneFootball

Several Ligue 1 club executives met the Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s sport adviser at Matignon on Monday, seeking to speed up a long awaited reform of French football governance onto the National Assembly’s agenda. L'Équipe reports that the clubs want the timetable accelerated.

Initially four clubs backed the push, now seven signed an op-ed published on Tuesday across regional daily papers urging rapid scheduling. The reform passed the Senate in June last year and had been due to be examined on six April.

At Monday’s meeting, club leaders were told that the current global context, including the war in the Middle East, is understandably taking priority for the state over the problems of professional football in France.

In their piece, titled "Football professionnel, un match à ne pas perdre", the clubs describe the professional game as fragile. They fear the consequences of that fragility and warn of a sporting downgrade.

Their intervention echoes senators Laurent Lafon and Michel Savin, authors of the bill, who set out their case in Le Monde on Saturday. The plan would replace the LFP with a clubs’ company, similar to the model used in England.

Source: L'Équipe