The French Football Federation has suspended national technical director Francois Blaquart.
Director suspended as French Federation looks into quota claims
The French Football Federation has suspended national technical director Francois Blaquart amid a row over an alleged project to enforce racial quotas in youth academies.
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Mediapart reported earlier this week that the FFF had asked academies to recruit no more than 30 per cent of their players over the age of 12 or 13 from among blacks or Arabs.
Sources within the FFF were cited in the report and the governing body's president Fernand Duchaussoy later confirmed an internal investigation would be launched into the matter.
Sports Minister Chantal Jouanno has now revealed that Blaquart will not return to work until the situation has been resolved.
She said in a statement: "Sports Minister Chantal Jouanno and FFF president Fernand Duchaussoy have decided to suspend immediately national technical director Francois Blaquart pending the conclusions of an investigation led by the FFF and the IGJS (General Inspection of Youth and Sports)."
