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Towards a major change in the coming weeks? This Tuesday, April 15, the mediation between the Professional Football League (LFP) and Dazn (broadcaster of 8 Ligue 1 games 1 in 9) ends up. The two parties will end their collaboration or decide to continue on other conditions. The British body and platform have considered several scenarios to get out of the crisis. As a reminder, the “Netflix of Sport” recently initiated procedure against the LFP before the Commercial Court of Paris. She claims 573 million euros from the body “for observed breach” and “deception on the goods”. For the time being, no agreement has been reached. The conflict could therefore be settled definitively before the courts.
A meeting that started late for several hours
According to information from our colleagues from RMC Sport, Reunion started an hour and a half late. Previously the two colleges of L2 and L1 have held. As a reminder, Vincent Labrune President of the Professional Football League, decided to make the trip with Paris-Saint-Germain to Birmingham as part of the Champions League quarter-final return to Aston Villa. As a result, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi did not take part. The media indicates that Vincent Labrune would have pushed for a departure from Dazn, with the desire to impose compensation on the British platform when breaking the current contract. The Orleans would have continued by handing over the table the project to create a 100% Ligue 1 channel. “We must move forward by ourselves,” he said.
For their part, the other presidents did not wish to be so radical. Apart from Joseph Ongurlian (RC Lens), who did not want to offer television rights to Dazn. Jean-Michel Roussier (Le Havre) or Waldemar Kita (FC Nantes) would think that Dazn's proposal should be deepened and to enter a real negotiation with them. Case to follow then …
To summarize
Towards a major change in the coming weeks? This Tuesday, April 15, the mediation between the Professional Football League (LFP) and Dazn (broadcaster of 8 Ligue 1 games 1 in 9) ends up. The two parties will end their collaboration or decide to continue on other conditions.
