Of this sum, Paris Saint-Germain, the locomotive club of French football, will receive the largest share, 200 million euros, according to figures from L'Équipe confirmed to AFP by a source with knowledge of the file.

A second group of six clubs will receive at least 80 M EUR per club.

These are Olympique de Marseille, Olympique Lyonnais, Nice, Lille, Rennes and Monaco.

Among them, OM and OL, those with the strongest notoriety, will receive 10 M EUR more, or 90 M EUR, we learned from the same source.

The remaining 13 clubs will receive 33 M EUR each.

The total represents 1,130 M EUR out of the 1,500 M EUR planned.

For the rest, €100m was placed in a reserve fund, €100m for operating costs and €170m to repay the PGE (state-guaranteed loan) paid to help clubs during the pandemic.

"The clubs have agreed unanimously on the distribution," said the Professional Football League in a press release.

The LFP considers "this agreement essential" for "the outcome of the project and "would like to thank all the participants" for the "serenity" of the discussions.

She repeated that this agreement with CVC Capital Partners was a "French professional football development project" aimed "to improve in depth all the structures of French football".

The LFP also thanks "the French State for having made this major project possible".

The creation of the commercial subsidiary was made possible by the vote in Parliament of the sports law on February 24, providing a legislative framework adapted to its project.

The LFP also thanks "the French Football Federation (FFF) for its constant support".

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