Maxime Saada and Canal will not make any gifts to the LFP.

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ERIC PIERMONT / AFP

A few hours after noting the failure of the new call for tenders launched on the TV rights of Ligue 1, the LFP took a new uppercut by Canal + to believe an info from

L'Equipe

 published Wednesday evening .

According to the newspaper, the encrypted channel told the League that it would refuse anyway to enter into negotiations by mutual agreement with it, considering that there is a legal risk in doing so.

The group led by Vincent Bolloré having decided to challenge the formula of the call for tenders before the Paris Commercial Court (verdict rendered on February 19), it remains on course and still requires that all the lots - including the three that he sublicensed beIN Sports and which he no longer wants - is put back on the table.

As expected, the tender for the L1 was a total blowout via @ 20minutesSport https://t.co/TML1rO0W4Z

- 20 Minutes Sport (@ 20minutesSport) February 1, 2021

The most total blur

After this umpteenth blow, can the League still escape a global call for tenders?

In any case, it is difficult to imagine opening negotiations over the counter without Canal +, the only credible buyer at the present time after the Mediapro fiasco.

Because if the newbies (Amazon, Discovery and DAZN) entered the dance Monday by submitting a take-back offer for the various lots, none exceeded the reserve price set by the League.

For the moment it is still the most total blur.

Only certainty at the moment, the Classico OM-PSG on Sunday will be co-broadcast by Téléfoot and Canal +, the encrypted channel having paid according to Lesjours.fr three million euros to pay for the flagship match of the French championship.

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