A cameraman at the Gerland stadium in Lyon (illustration). - C. VILLEMAIN / 20 MINUTES

With regard to the amounts involved, the standoff that has just started risks being very tense. Canal + has just notified the Professional Football League (LFP) of its refusal to pay the next due date under TV rights for Ligue 1. In a letter, revealed by L'Équipe and addressed to the governing bodies of French football , the boss of the encrypted channel Maxime Saada explains his choice by suspending the matches due to the confinement.

BeIN must pay 42 million euros

"It is not possible that we pay the future installments, even though due to the suspension of the Ligue 1 championship, no match can be played and, consequently broadcast on our antennas," writes the manager chain. On April 5, Canal +, the main broadcaster of Ligue 1, was to pay 110 million euros, and BeIN, another broadcaster of the championship, 42 million euros.

Canal + and BeIN share for the 2016-2020 period the broadcasting rights of Ligue 1, up to 762 million euros. The LFP, which called on March 23 “all of the players in the professional football ecosystem, clubs, players, coaches and also broadcasters to show their unity and solidarity to get through this unprecedented [health] crisis” has just see his hopes shower.

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