Olivier Létang banned four months by French FA appeal body
The FFF appeal commission toughens the penalty over his complaints about refereeing in Lille-PSG, and he vows to appeal.
Lille president Olivier Létang has been handed a four-month firm suspension by the FFF appeal commission on Thursday 5 November, which toughens the punishment imposed by the LFP. In total the sanction comes to six months, two of them suspended, according to L'Équipe.
The case goes back to the 2-2 draw with Paris Saint-Germain on 28 August. Létang loudly protested the length of stoppage time and then emailed the national refereeing director Antony Gautier, along with officials at the FFF and LFP, to reject referee Éric Wattellier. The LFP had already fined him 20,000 euros in September.
Létang says he takes note of the decision and will pursue every necessary appeal, including a possible case before the French National Olympic and Sports Committee. He argues that punishing a president who demands more rigour and transparency from refereeing sends a worrying signal to the game.
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