Noel Le Graet Steps Down As French Football Federation President

• Noel Le Graet has left his position as the president of the French Football Federation in a big development
• In a statement made by the Federation, they explained that the 81-year-old decided to walk away
• This comes days after Graet was attacked on social media because of the comment made against Zidane

Noel Le Graet has stepped down as the president of the French Football Federation hours after making a comment against former France international Zinedine Zidane.

The likes of Kylian Mbappe and other French players were against statement made by Graet who claimed that he won't pick Zidane's call if he should call him.

There were talks about Zidane getting a coaching job in Brazil before Graet stated that the former Real Madrid gaffer did not call him and that he won't even answer.

Graet's comments means that he did not want anything to do with Zidane and that caused trouble for the 81-year-old.

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According to the latest report from the French Football Federation on their site, they made it clear that Graet chose to withdraw his position.

Statement made by FFF

"Noël Le Graët, in agreement with the Executive Committee of the FFF meeting today in Paris, has chosen to withdraw from his duties as President of the Federation until the final communication of the audit carried out by the Ministry of Sports, and awaiting its analysis by the Comex of the FFF.''

He became the president in June 2011 and led the French national team to win the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

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The former French legend once weighed in on the 'greatest of all time' debate, and his comments have resurfaced once again.

The former French international was previously asked to pick between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and he explained why he thought the Portuguese star was better than the Argentinian.

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Zidane spent four years at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium and got to work with Ronaldo during that period. The veteran striker played 114 matches and scored 112 goals during his time under Zidane.