Last Thursday, during the board of directors of the Professional Football League (LFP) which addressed the Mediapro file, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, the president of PSG, threw a pavement in the pond.
During this videoconference meeting, the Qatari official proposed to sue the former leaders of the League for their involvement in the allocation of TV rights to L1 and L2 for the period 2020-2024 to Mediapro, future ex-broadcaster. of French football.
NAK mainly targets Didier Quillot, the former executive director general of the LFP, and Nathalie Boy de la Tour, the former president of the institution, who, according to him, have failed in their mission.
Both left the body last September, when Vincent Labrune was elected president.
For this mission, Quillot pocketed a bonus of 1.5 million euros that he announced he wanted to return yesterday in L'Equipe.
Nathalie Boy de la Tour received 130,000 euros.
Unsuccessful application
The Parisian leader's request was not accepted by the board of directors, which did not study the issue.
This would have little chance of success given that the call for tenders was carried out in accordance with the rules of the decree implementing the Lamour law of August 1, 2003 which governs this type of procedure (definition of lots, call for tenders). transparent offers, respect for competition rules, duration of 5 years maximum…).
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And a priori, there was no distortion of the smooth running of the allocation of these domestic rights.
The fact remains that the exit of the president of PSG, who is also that of beIN Media Group, embodies the resentment that certain presidents of French football harbor against the former leaders of the League.
Leaders they hold responsible for the serious financial crisis that professional football is going through today.
