The summer promises to be sporting for the Professional Football League (LFP).
A few weeks before the resumption of the French championship, beIN Sports has just unearthed the hatchet.
Co-broadcaster of Ligue 2, the Qatari channel has not paid its first payment for the 2021-2022 season, according to the daily
L'Équipe
.
The amount of the check that was expected on July 1 is certainly not significant.
It amounts to 7.5 million euros, out of the 30 million that beIN Sports is supposed to pay each year to the LFP until 2024 to broadcast two Ligue 2 posters per week.
This default could nevertheless give the LFP a cold sweat.
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It actually sounds like a warning shot announcing the beginnings of a more ferocious clash.
Because the Qatari channel also has a contract with the LFP for the broadcasting, in Ligue 1 this time, of the Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon matches.
It sublicensed them to Canal +, for 332 million per
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