The French President François Hollande will meet with bosses from France's leading football clubs for crisis talks on Thursday, after they announced they would go on strike in protest over the implementation of a new 75 percent tax.
Directors from clubs in France’s Ligue and Ligue 2 will make a last minute bid to persuade Hollande to make an compromise for French football over the new super tax.
The Union of Professional Clubs (UCPF) , which is leading the rebellion insists that the tax, on wages over €1 million, will bring football clubs to their knees. The President of Lyon Jean-Michel Aulas said clubs were being “taken hostage”.
Last week Clubs in Ligue 1 and 2 announced they will refuse to take part in fixtures over the weekend of November 29th to December 1st in what has been described as "historic protest".
Jean-Pierre Louvel president of the UCPF said they will not be pushing for a complete withdrawal of the draft law, but will demand that it is not applied to 2013 salaries, as is planned.