Vincent Labrune is getting out of the silence to ensure his defense. For many, the president of the LFP is the main responsible for the TV rights crisis in French football. Unjust accusations, according to the former OM boss, who rejected the fault on his predecessors, the former president Nathalie Boy of the tower and his former director general Didier Quillot, who actually active in the historical broadcaster Canal+.
“The former leaders of the League sealed the divorce with the historic diffuser who is in a quasi-monopoly situation. We still pay the broken pots today
“, Deplored Vincent Labrune during an interview with the newspaper The team.
Labrune: “If I was the problem, I was ready to withdraw”
The boss of the LFP then launched a foot call to the Canal+group. “” Like all football players, I deplore the refusal of Canal+ to participate in our last tendershe said. Personally, I tried everything to put them around the table. It was also the meaning of long discussions with beIN, because when we discuss with bein by definition we discuss indirectly with Canal+ which distributes them exclusively. If tomorrow, Canal+ wishes to broadcast the L1 at its fair value, they will obviously be welcome. But today, they did not wish to do it and we cannot force them. »»
Vincent Labrune even said he was ready to resign if this can facilitate the return of the encrypted chain around the discussion table. “” Without betraying secret, I sent the message to Canal+, from last May, that if I was the problem, I was ready to withdraw to promote their arrival at the right pricehe revealed. This is not the return I had. In no case should I be an obstacle to anything. I am guided by the general interest and not by my personal case. »»
