Astonishment at the headquarters of the Professional Football League (LFP), which manages the TV rights for the Ligue 1 championship. Canal + sent him a letter indicating that the channel refuses to pay the deadline of April 5 for the rights of L1 on the 2019-2020 season. This invoice amounts to 95 million euros excluding tax (110 million including tax). The reason given by the encrypted chain? The L1 season was stopped on March 13 at the end of the 28th day, due to the epidemic of coronavirus. The channel headed by Maxime Saada felt that it did not want to pay for games that are not played.
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The LFP reacted immediately and sent a letter to Canal + in which it expressed its incomprehension and asked for explanations. " We do not understand the decision of Canal + and above all we ask that the channel pay what it owes us for the matches broadcast ". In fact, the LFP has delivered 28 of the 38 league days in the season, or 73.5% of scheduled games. So far,
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