“It’s a showman, you quickly become addicted”: Vincent Labrune, the “dream merchant” of French football

September 21, 2015. Ligue 1 has not yet been accused of corruption in front of the camera, but it already has a sharp meaning of the show. That evening, OM receives OL in an electric velodrome. Supporters have just had fun hanging on a effigy of Mathieu Valbuena at the foot of his stands. 90 minutes of football and a few projectiles later, the referee sends everyone to the locker room on a draw of circumstances.

Moment chosen by Jean-Michel Aulas to turn on the wick. “I told Vincent Labrune that it was a puppet and that he would last less than he imagined in football. Ten years later, this hook of the law ready to smile. While the former president of the Gones now occupies the vice-president of the Federation, the second was re-elected in September at the head of the professional football body, the LFP.

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