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The hotel group Accor, sponsor of PSG, has already paid "the full amount" of the sum provided for in its contract with the club for the 2019-2020 season, corrected its PSG Sébastien Bazin on Sunday, after saying that it may not pay everything if Ligue 1 is not resumed due to the coronavirus.
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"Feet in the carpet"
"We have contractual ties. Accor has always respected them and will always respect them. We had already paid for the entire 2019-2020 season so it's a storm in a glass of water," Sébastien Bazin said at the microphone. from Europe 1.
The leader believes he has "caught his feet a little" in the carpet. He said Friday on the set of BFMTV that the hotel group, whose activity is greatly disrupted by the pandemic, would "probably not" make the next payment he owes to PSG if the 2019-2020 season of Ligue 1 does did not end. "We, (the payment) is paid in two installments: on January 1st and July 1st. On January 1st, it has been paid. For July 1st, (the championship) would have to start again, otherwise it probably won't be poured out, "he said.
"Very proud to be associated with PSG"
Accor has become PSG's main jersey partner this season under a contract estimated at more than 55 million euros per year. "Everything is going well and we are very proud to be associated with PSG. I was alluding to the fact that when we are a sponsor, we want visibility. But at the same time, it is in bad times that we recognize his friends and those who are there for you. In times of storm and joy, we will be alongside the people with whom we are partners. There is no need to argue, "insisted Sébastien Bazin on Europe 1.