Christian Jeanpierre, the former star commentator of TF1, wrote a novel in which he evokes the future of the round ball.
The 55-year-old journalist is also preparing a documentary on Arsenal's “Invincibles”.
For Le Figaro, it also responds to current issues and in particular the forthcoming call for tenders for French football TV rights.
After the Mediapro fiasco in French football TV rights, does the current system with one or two main broadcasters seem archaic to you?
Not at all, it will always be this system with the possible arrival of Amazon in addition, which has already set foot in sport with tennis at Roland Garros.
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In your eyes, the arrival of the Gafa seems inevitable ...
Yes.
In view of the economic crisis that clubs are going through, the arrival of an Amazon-type partner seems inevitable to me.
I can imagine a cohabitation between a website of this type and TV channels like beIN Sports or Canal +.
This is not utopian and the two could form a complementary offer.
I see football in three forms: mobile, a very powerful Amazon-style site and “classic” channels.
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Christian Jeanpierre: "The arrival of Amazon in French football seems inevitable to me"