The French Football Federation was also forced to release a statement clarifying the situation.
French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes, meanwhile, is pleased with the decision to punish Chelsea.
"There is always a story every year, " French football expert Philipe Auclair told CNN.
And the French Football Federation (FFF) has no intention of proposing a replay, BBC Sport has learned.
Anelka later refused to apologise when asked to do so by French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes.
Contractual issues with the French Football Federation have delayed Houllier's arrival and MacDonald is in charge for Saturday's game with Bolton.
Nicolas Anelka has been banned for two matches by the French football federation, after refusing a late call-up to international duty.
Two French football stars, Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema, are to stand trial over allegations that they solicited an under-age prostitute.
But despite the clashes French Football League president Frederic Thiriez insisted he had no regrets over his decision to postpone the fixture.
He has been a regular scorer in French football for Lorient and Bordeaux but experienced a difficult 1998-99 season with Nottingham Forest.
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French Football Federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes promised to hold a meeting in July to determine responsibility for France's embarrassing World Cup campaign.
French Football Federation chairman Claude Simonet caused confusion with an initial statement that said Zidane would definitely miss the first two games.
Ms Jouanno said the future of the national technical director, Francois Blaquart, who was suspended after the revelations, would be decided by the French Football Federation (FFF).
"What you see is that French football loses good players, all leaving for England, so the Premier League will be above all the other leagues, " Marseille manager Elie Baup told reporters.
The affair has plunged the French Football Federation (FFF) into controversy less than a year after Laurent Blanc was brought in to sort out the national team, after its embarrassing performance at last year's World Cup.
Houllier was named the new Villa manager on Friday but his commitments as technical director with the French Football Federation mean he is unlikely to take charge of a Premier League game until 26 September when neighbours Wolves visit Villa Park.
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"From an athletic point of view, I don't think he will add so much to the team but from a media and economic point of view, it's a great move for PSG and for the French league, " said Remi Dumont, a journalist with French football magazine Surface.
Meanwhile in France, referees from the third division were brought in to officiate the day's Ligue 1 games after a row between the French football federation and the usual referees, who had wanted to delay the kick-offs in protest at recent criticism from players, coaches and pundits.
French national football coach Laurent Blanc has been cleared by the country's sports minister of race discrimination.
Tuesday evening's French Cup football match between Rouen and Marseille has been postponed because of the stink.
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It is thought the ban will be imposed immediately if he ever makes a return to French domestic football.
Cantona has written the lyrics for an album recorded by his wife, Rachida Brakni, starred in films such as Elizabeth and Looking for Eric, and managed and played in the French beach football team.
Although Qatari businessmen now have a strong foothold in French and Spanish football, they remain without a key base in the English Premier League, which boasts the highest attendance figures in European football.
If anyone can make this French delicacy appeal to football-loving Americans, Chatham can.
The debacle, and the reaction to it, says as much about French neuroses as it does about football.
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Doubts over the Times' report had emerged last week when a French soccer website called Cahiers du Football pointed out that many of the details matched a spoof story it had posted more than a day earlier.
The Rugby Football League has asked the French Rugby League Federation to propose a club before 30 September.
It seemed that the story was not an exclusive, it had run on a French soccer website called Les Cahiers du Football a couple of days before the Times went into overdrive.
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Indeed, only three months into his French "sojourn" and a poll of football supporters in France has deemed Lisandro to be a better player than his predecessor Benzema.
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