FIFA: Would Emmanuel Macron consider a career change in football?

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By: Manu Tournoux

While his five-year term is not yet over, is the President of the Republic already thinking about what comes next? Re-elected in 2022, Emmanuel Macron will not be able to run for a third term in 2027, as required by the constitution. Passionate about sport, he has already made a name for himself as a boxer, skier or footballer with the Variétés Club de France. However, if his future were to lie in sports, it probably wouldn’t be as a player on the field.

In the columns of Worlddifferent avenues for the “post-presidency” are emerging. The current head of state is thus considering various avenues, evoking in particular the idea of ​​giving “ some conferences, like Obama “. But a more surprising option could also catch his attention: running for the presidency of FIFA. Indeed, this idea is mentioned by some of his relatives, among others, as a reconversion in a private group. RMC Sport further notes that a “such a position (at FIFA) would thus offer Emmanuel Macron a significant diplomatic reconversion, if he nevertheless manages to obtain the necessary support to be elected there“. To be continued.

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