The deal concluded last summer by the Professional Football League (LFP) with regard to Ligue 1 TV rights over the period 2024-2029 is a bitter failure. While Dazn disengaged after only a season, Bein Sports is slow to honor the second part of his commitment to the elite clubs.
For the broadcast rights of the match on Saturday 5 p.m., the Qatar group had to pay 78.5 million euros this year. A beautiful envelope which was to be completed up to 20 million euros by Qatarian brands via a sponsorship agreement. However, these last funds are long overdue. Cruelly.
“” For the sponsorship part, the situation is at a standstillunderlines the team this Wednesday. This season, this deal has been very little activated. Payment was hoped for before the end of May, then before the end of June. But according to our information, it has still not been done. On the side of BeIN Sports, we explain that we are not concerned by this sponsorship component. »»
A severe shortfall for L1 clubs
This is the whole problem, BeIN Sports has left the Qataric structures concerned – among which Qatar Tourism – the task of appreciating from Ligue 1 clubs the realization of the contractual methods. However, there are many training courses to have denounced from the start the conditions of said contract. To the point that an independent agency had to intervene in recent months to play the intermediaries between Qatar, LFP and clubs.
“” Unexpected for the moment », Note the aroused sports daily, which specifies that the initial agreement promised 783,000 euros annually to each of the residents of the elite. A significant financial windfall that appears this season in the accounting assessment of the various L1 clubs, or even in their forecast budget 2025-2026 freshly validated by the National Directorate of Management Control (DNCG).
