After the arm wrestling, the handshake?
Between the Professional Football League (LFP) and Mediapro, the main broadcaster of Ligue 1, nothing is less certain.
The Sino-Spanish group, which has still not paid the 172 million euros due in early October to French clubs, is trying to pressure to find an agreement with French football.
After days of intense controversy, Jaume Roures, the boss of Mediapro, said on Wednesday that he had started a conciliation process with the LFP, under the aegis of the Nanterre commercial court.
A clever maneuver to say the least.
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In normal times, for this procedure to work, it must still be accepted by both camps.
This is no longer the case today.
The health crisis has passed through there and an order of May 20 now allows the conciliator appointed by the court to force a recalcitrant protagonist to come and discuss.
Clearly, the LFP, whether it likes it or not, is technically obliged to sit down
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