In times that run, each announcement looks like a turning point for the short -term future of French football. In a period marked by the conflict between the Professional Football League and the broadcaster of the
Ligue 1 Dazn, the body announced the appointment of Nicolas de Tavernost as general manager of LFP Media.

If this information has been overshadowed by the context of crisis that affects French football, it may not be trivial for the future. Because it is precisely likely to warm up relations between the League and Canal +, historic broadcaster of the French championship.

Vincent Labrune, president of the LFP.

These relationships between the two parties have deteriorated enormously in recent years, and Vincent Labrune is not a stranger to it. The simple presence at the head of the LFP of the former President of Olympique de Marseille was enough to rob Canal + for a return to business, as confirmed between the Maxime Saada lines, on several occasions. But the patron of the encrypted chain has better relations with Nicolas de Tiversnost, a media man.

Of Tavernost, the man who can bring Canal + and Ligue 1 closer

Recently questioned in the columns of the team on the enthronement of the old M6 boss at the League, Maxime Saada did not hide the bottom of his thought. The leader believes that this arrival is “A good way to bring back to the subject of Ligue 1”. “We can dialogue with him and I will do it. But I do not forget the damage that was caused to us during the previous contract ”.

In other words, Canal + reaffirms its animosity with regard to Vincent Labrune, but between the door to dialogue. From there to imagine the encrypted channel to return to the circuit to participate in TV rights negotiations for the period 2024-2029, there is a step that Saada has not yet taken. JĂ©rĂ´me Rothen believes in a positive outcome. “We are very optimistic about the declarations of (Maxime) Saada, but nothing is done (…) Vincent Labrune will weaken. These are the echoes I have in the league. I have met people from the LFP, and I can tell you that the arrival of Nicolas de Tavernost is seen as a loss of credibility by Vincent Labrune ”. One way to confirm, if necessary, that the great crisis of French football will remain a story of men.