While the paralysis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has spread throughout French and perhaps soon European football, the president of Olympique Lyonnais, Jean-Michel Aulas, pronounces in The world, in favor of a "A white season", without relegation or attribution of a title of champion, in case of impossibility of finishing the championship of France in due time.
The voice of the president of the college of clubs in Ligue 1 of the Professional Football League (LFP), also a member of the executive committee of the French Football Federation (FFF), will weigh in on the debate that will open in the coming weeks on the future of the championship. "In any case, you have to look at what the regulations say", insists the OL president.
Jean-Michel Aulas also confirms that the track of a postponement of the Euro to the summer of 2021, in order to eventually be able to finish the national leagues and European Cups, is the one that will be presented next Tuesday to the 55 member federations of the 'UEFA.
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After the FFF on Thursday, it is the turn of the LFP, unanimously of the clubs, to suspend its competitions today until further notice. Was it inevitable?
I think so. This is the only possible decision in this context. After the intervention of the President of the Republic, I, as president of the college of Ligue 1 clubs, immediately asked the president of the FFF as well as the president of the LFP to make this decision. This is what was done democratically by bringing the office together.
UEFA is meeting next Tuesday, and there is already talk of a one-year postponement of the Euro in order to be able to finish the championships and the European Cups?
This is apparently the wisest solution, and the one that will be presented on Tuesday. UEFA could also have asked the national leagues to suspend their championships to allow European competition to take place in a less affected country with a little more delay, or also to make the following rounds in one match instead of two.
In the worst case, are you considering a white season?
Yes, from the moment UEFA considers it for the Euro and also for the Champions League and the Europa League, of course, this is a solution. During the championships, we probably left, if we listen to the specialists, for a month or two off. So that would mean that the championship could not end.
The best solution would be to say: "It's a white season", which prevents those affected by the bottom of the table from turning against the LFP and the FFF. The regulations state that it is at the end of the championship that one descends from a division. A different decision would open up a very expensive legal breach. The most logical would then be to say: “We cancel everything and we go back to the situation at the start of the season. "
