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PARIS (AFP) – Francois Blaquart, Gerard Houllier's progeny as nous of land football's youngness work policy, was on Saturday suspended from his employ as outcome from the race bed that has impact the mettlesome in author continued.

Blacquart's support was announced by the land Sports Minister Chantal Jouanno and his employers, the land Football Federation (FFF), which has institute itself at the centre of a storm over discrimination.

Blaquart was relieved of his locate 48 hours after a disputable inform emerged linking him and another directive officials including author railcar Laurent Blanc to the launching of a container on black and Arab players.

The FFF on weekday launched an internal investigating into the affair, the latest crisis to impact the mettlesome in author mass terminal year's disastrous World Cup crusade and infamous players' strike in South Africa.

Reports that land sport chiefs, including Blanc, had discussed and authorised a cap on non-whites reaching finished youngness upbringing programmes emerged Thursday via Mediapart.

The influential website claimed: "For the crowning brass in land football, the supply is settled: there are likewise some blacks, likewise some Arabs and not sufficiency albescent players in land football."

The FFF confirmed Blaquart had been sequential to step downbound "from immediate effect" as they awaited the results of their investigation into the scandal due in the reaching week.

His support came hours after Mediapart free what it claimed was a verbatim account of broad level FFF officials including Blanc and Blacquart discussing limiting the sort of players holding dual nationality at upbringing centres.

The gathering was said to hit condemned locate terminal November.

But a render evidence from Jouanno and FFF chair Fernand Duchaussoy stressed: "The FFF reiterates that none of its members authorised or envisaged a recruiting quotas contract at its formation centres."

Blaquart succeeded Aston revolutionary manager Houllier as nous of the FFF's National Technical Board (DTN), and was questionable to hit been a key proponent of the plan.

On weekday Blanc categorically unemployed Mediapart's accusations, the 1998 land World Cup success belligerent denying much a contract existed.

Raymond Domenech's progeny said he had "never heard name of much a project".

"Since around 15 eld the activity contract has been unfavourable for a certain sort of players, active and fleshly criteria being essential.

"Today, diminutive players are penalised, that's discrimination," he explained, in a reference to youngsters reaching finished sport upbringing centres.

"What upsets me most is to add 'colour' to this. When one accuses me of this type of discrimination, that annoys me.

"Diversity exists, on the street as in football," Blanc said.

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