Vincent Labrune is at the start of his tenure, to say the least, at the head of the LFP.
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FRANCK FIFE / AFP
They hoped for the billion, they got it, but not in the way they wanted.
According to a document presented to the clubs during the college of L1 a few days ago and to which our colleagues from
L'Equipe
had access, the LFP assesses the cumulative losses of French football at 1.314 billion euros next June.
A staggering figure that far exceeds the worst forecasts - The president of the DNCG Jean-Marc Mickeler spoke, him, of 800 million euros of loss - and which raises fears of a historic crash for pro football in France.
In addition to the crisis linked to Covid-19, which emptied the stadiums and deprived the clubs of their income, the failure of the Mediapro machine of tales came to give the coup de grace to a French football which had lived for a long time well above of its means and largely depended on receipts from TV rights and transfer window revenues.
50% less TV rights this season
According to data provided by the League, TV rights revenues have fallen by nearly 50% compared to what they should have earned if the Sino-Spanish television group had kept its commitments.
And it is not the future call for tenders (if it takes place since for the moment Canal + is contesting its validity in court) launched in general panic by the LFP which will be able to make up for all of these abysmal losses, far of the.
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