Billion dollar dispute in the Bundesliga: How do other leagues answer the investor question?.. As of: February 21, 2024, 7:40 a.m By: Johannes Skiba CommentsPressSplit While the DFL's planned investor deal is causing a lot of stir, other countries are already further ahead.

In France's Ligue 1, 13 percent of the proceeds from the marketing of the league were permanently sold to the company CVC in April 2022 for 1.5 billion euros. The sale drives the clubs further apart financially and therefore also in terms of sport.