Didier Quillot in June 2020 in Lyon.

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Michel Euler / AP / SIPA

He's the one everyone wanted to hear on the Mediapro file.

Didier Quillot, executive director general of the LFP at the time of signing the contract with the Sino-Spanish group, explained himself in

L'Equipe

this Saturday morning, the day after the announcement of the break between the two parties.

The leader, who left the League in September, "sincerely regrets" this outcome which leaves French football in a catastrophic situation.

A mistake ?

What a mistake ?

However, he does not recognize an error on his part or on the steering committee of the call for tenders.

He doesn't say he should have been more careful.

“In 2018, Mediapro was the historic broadcaster of La Liga for twenty-five years and internationally.

Mediapro and its shareholders were perfectly familiar with the economic equation of the French project.

The results and therefore the commitments of Mediapro were public and known to all, he justifies.

And we had also obtained a joint guarantee from the reference shareholder.

"

We will have to be satisfied with that.

Didier Quillot nevertheless announced that he was going to return to the LFP the bonus received on the occasion of the signing of the contract, ie 500,000 euros.

"I consider it normal to take my share of solidarity with French football," he said.

Regarding French football, I am sure that Vincent Labrune and the clubs will find economic solutions to bounce back.

“Sacred site, all the same.

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