Despite the smiles displayed this Thursday on the sidelines of the draw for the first phase of the Champions League, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi is worried and does not hide it. The boss of PSG thus confided in the team, deploring the TV rights crisis and its disastrous consequences for French football.
“” It is very difficult. Today, I don't know how much national rights we are going to touch. Last year, we knew … This season, we don't know anything. I am very worried about French clubs. There are projects that depend a lot on TV rights. I don't know how they are going to do “, Dixit the Qatari leader.
The advent of Ligue1+, the new platform dedicated to the French championship and led by the Professional Football League (LFP), is not to reassure the interested party. “” I wish the success of this channel, but there is a very big uncertainty. (…) I hope it will work … I asked how much we were going to touch, but I have no answer. It is the first time in fourteen years that we do not know what amount we will perceive. »»
Longoria also concerned
And Nasser Al-Khelaïfi to conclude: ” I am obviously more worried about clubs that do not have many other income than those of TV rights. It will be very hard, very difficult. I let LFP Media work. But in the end, I want to see how much PSG receives … Same concern with his Marseille counterpart Pablo Longoria. “” You must all work to find stability for the medium and long term in terms of domestic TV rights “Harts the latter.
Also present on the rock this Thursday for the draw for the C1, the Marseille manager underlines the competitiveness deficit of L1 clubs. “” French clubs participating in European competitions have national rights lower than those of the Portuguese, for example, which have 3 million more than us … I am not talking about the English, the Spanish, the Italians or the Germans. It is very disturbing to be competitive at the economical and even sporty level. We must help the development of the League channel. It is necessary that everyone focuses on the development of the French audiovisual ecosystem. Because for the moment, we leave with a very important handicap in the backpack. »»
