Jacques-Henri Eyraud, President of the Olympique de Marseille (Illustration).
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While justice must render its decision on the dispute between the LFP and its (future-ex) defective broadcaster Mediapro, the president of Olympique de Marseille Jacques-Henri Eyraud deplored a little earlier on France Bleu Provence “a betrayal From the Sino-Spanish group.
"It's a disaster because we are living a double sentence, between the Covid and this incredible, inexplicable failure of a broadcaster who, a month and a half after the start of his mission, decides not to pay anymore", a lamented the boss of OM during an interview with local radio.
“We are like a theater which pays its actors to play in an empty room, because of the virus, and with a broadcaster who does not pay.
For us, 65% of turnover disappears.
It is serious, it is a betrayal ”, he added.
On Tuesday, the Nanterre commercial court is due to judge the agreement between the League and the Sino-Spanish broadcaster, which, under the terms negotiated, agrees to pay compensation of 100 million euros in total and to restore the rights to the Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 in its possession for the period 2020-2024.
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The League will then be able to transfer them to one or more new broadcasters, in exchange for fresh money that would relieve the finances of the clubs, already very weakened economically by the pandemic.
“I have confidence in the League and in Vincent Labrune [its new president] to defend French football.
But it's an extremely difficult situation and there is a lot of anger, ”said Mr. Eyraud.
“We hope that the rest will come quickly, that other broadcasters will arrive in the League to finish this season and prepare for the future.
Then, we will have to ask the right questions about how we got there and how to imagine the rest ”, he concluded.
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