Jaume Roures, the boss of the Spanish group Mediapro, which broadcasts Ligue 1. -

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With the health crisis money is flowing less in football.

To save the furniture, the time has come for contract renegotiations.

Mediapro thus wishes to review the amount of broadcasting rights for French Leagues 1 and 2 because of the coronavirus pandemic, reveals its main manager and founder, Jaume Roures.

“We want to discuss the contract again this season.

She is very affected by Covid-19, everyone knows that because everyone is suffering.

We are not calling into question the project as such.

But bars and restaurants are closed, advertising has collapsed… These are things that everyone knows, ”explains the manager in an interview to be published Thursday in

L'Equipe

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Mediapro does not encrypt its offer

The fees set for the 2020-2021 season amount to 780 million euros for Ligue 1 and 34 million euros for L2, confirms the official, stressing that "the League itself asked the government to compensate for his losses because of the Covid.

We are in this dynamic.

We do not have a concrete amount.

We want to renegotiate the price.

We asked to establish a timetable to bring this negotiation to a conclusion, which will not be public ”.

"The contract was drawn up under conditions which have nothing to do with the current situation," Roures adds.

" It's obvious.

It is necessary to talk about it.

Then we'll see how it ends.

We are not calling into question the contract, but we are calling into question the current situation ”.

Mediapro, which launched the dedicated Téléfoot channel this season, asked the Professional Football League (LFP) for a delay to settle its deadline of October 6, which amounts to 172 million euros.

However, for Jaume Roures, “it's more complicated than that.

We have asked to talk about this season's contract because of the Covid-19.

It is obvious that the Covid affects many aspects of the exploitation of rights.

We want to talk about that ”.

Finally, about October 17, the date on which the LFP must distribute the sums paid by the broadcasters to the clubs, Roures is not very encouraging: "It is obvious that on October 17, we will not have reached an agreement. .

But we can find formulas that help the economic situation of clubs ”.

The negotiations will be long.

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