It‘s not bad enough that the French Ligue 1 has the lowest average attendanace of all Top 5 European league, but they have problems with TV rights as well. L’Équipe published this week the transcript of a heated meeting between Ligue 1 presidents, in July 2024, on the future allocation of TV rights. The discussions show immense tension, and real animosity between several leaders, mainly PSG, Lyon and Lens presidents.🚨🚨 ”𝗧𝗬𝗥𝗔𝗡”, ”𝗖𝗢𝗪-𝗕𝗢𝗬”… John Textor 🇺🇸 et Nasser Al-Khelaïfi 🇶🇦 se sont 𝗘́𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗣𝗘́ cet été par rapport aux droits TV 🤬🤬 :— Al-Khelaïfi : Laisse-moi finir. 𝗧𝘂 𝘃𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲́𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁. 𝗧𝘂 𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗲 𝗾𝘂’𝗲𝘀𝘁… pic.twitter.com/DooFoXKUlB— BeFootball (@_BeFootball) February 19, 2025 At that meeting, which was a video call. it was discussed (and agreed in principle) that Ligue 1 should give the broadcast of the championship to DAZN (for eight matches out of nine on each day) and beIN Sports (for the last match). Vincent Labrune, president of the Professional Football League thanked PSG‘s president Nasser Al-Khelaifi for making an affort and offering 100 million euros more and coplete DAZN offer (Al-Khelaifi is also beIN Sport owner). General director of LFP Media, Benjamin Morel had some issues with that proposal but was verbally attacked by PSG president, who claimed that Morel is acting against the league.Al-Khelaifi: We want to move from the Parc! Paris mayor: PSG will never leave the Parc des Princes!Then it was time for Lens president Joseph Oughourlian who attacked Al-Khelaifi.”Nasser, I think you should respect the other presidents. You have to understand a concept that clearly escapes you at beIN, or at PSG, or both, which is called conflict of interest. You intimidate everyone!” he said. Then Lyon president and American owner John Textor comes in and also criticizes Al-Khelaifi, calling him a ‘tyrant‘. PSG president doesn‘t hold back, on the contrary.”You live in a different world, you don’t know what the French league is. John, stop talking, you don’t understand anything. You come from I don’t know where, cowboy“ he said.PSG president’s right-hand man exposes threats of his abusive bossAfter the conversation from July has been revealed this week, John Textor came out and once again explained what he thinks is a conflict of interest between PSG and beIN Sports, but also said that Al-Khelaifi is having a big influence over other Ligue 1 presidents.”The governance of our league must change, immediately, because each Ligue 1 club should be represented on the board of directors. All conflicts of interest must be disclosed and mitigated. These are the rules of the best football league in the world, the Premier League, and there is no shame in following a good example. Al-Khelaiffi is the banker who holds the currency of political appointments, and he knows how to spend it wisely. I think he has more influence over some club presidents than their absentee owners. So their careers are safer with Nasser, as long as they do as he wants“ he said to L‘Equipe.LIGUE 1 – MATCHDAYFriday 22.45: (2.00) Rennes (3.45) Reims (3.80)Saturday 19.00: (2.20) Lille (3.65) Monaco (3.35)21.00: (2.45) Saint-Etienne (3.40) Angers (3.10)23.05: (6.00) Auxerre (4.00) Olympique Marseille (1.57)Sunday 17.00: (3.70) Nantes (3.50) Lens (2.15)19.15: (4.10) Le Havre (3.50) Toulouse (2.00)19.15: (1.38) Nice (5.00) Montpellier (8.00)19.15: (2.10) Strasbourg (3.65) Brest (3.60)22.45: (4.05) Olympique Lyon (4.15) PSG (1.85)***odds are subject to change***
