French fail to find successor to Escalettes

The French Football Federation have been unable to agree on a replacement for departing president Jean-Pierre Escalettes who, despite officially resigning from his role today after accepting responsibility for the national team’s failings, will now remain in place for the next three weeks.

The failure to find a resolution stemmed from divisions between the amateur and professional game with the FFF’s federal council due to meet again on July 23 to formalise plans for an election to find Escalettes’ successor.