It is not known whether the agenda of this supporter of OM will allow him to watch the clash between OM and PSG on February 7.
But Emmanuel Macron is looking at the potential broadcasters who could recover this clasico and the rights of Ligue 1 until 2024. According to our information, the President of the Republic closely follows the call for tenders launched on Tuesday by the Professional League of football (LFP) to find an emergency cash flow after the withdrawal of Mediapro.
His last outing on the subject?
In November, where he tackled the "crazy contract" signed by the LFP with the group of Jaume Roures in 2018. But beyond the tackle to the leaders of French football, Emmanuel Macron then assured that the State "would be at the meeting, being demanding with the actors ”.
“Our line has not deviated, we insist in recent days in the entourage of the tenant of the Elysee.
It is not a question of remedying the failings of a private investor with public money.
On the other hand, it is an issue closely followed by the President because it concerns a significant economic sector and because it is an important subject symbolically for many French people and for the President of the Republic himself.
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Exchanges with Canal +
According to our information, exchanges took place between the Canal + group, historical broadcaster and main candidate for the call for tenders, and the Elysée.
To talk about football only?
The chairman of the executive board of the encrypted channel, Maxime Saada, put pressure on the public authorities by evoking in his interview with Figaro on January 12 the files of a reduction in VAT for Canal + and a relaxation of its obligations in terms of cinema.
On the Elysée side, it is said that Canal has not linked these points to its involvement in the call for tenders.
The President of the Republic is not the only member of the executive to be interested in the future broadcasters of French football.
Sports Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer and his Minister Delegate Roxana Maracineanu have also been active on the subject in recent weeks.
France Télévisions as a last resort?
“We do not mediate between private actors, because that is not our role, but we try to facilitate the smooth running of the call for tenders.
We are there to help, to the extent of our means, ”explains those around them.
Finally, a last public actor raises some questions.
The France Televisions group, which contacted the LFP at the end of last year to offer it to broadcast Ligue 1 in clear to avoid a possible black screen on French football, is not intended to participate in the call for offers, several sources assure.
"It is still hypothetical, but if certain lots, such as the Sunday multiplex or the Ligue 2 do not find takers, it is not impossible that he arises in recourse to offer a solution", judges a person close to the file .
Contacted, several officials of the public group did not want to comment on this option.
