Canal+ does not wish to participate in the next call for tenders organized by the LFP concerning Ligue 1. And the choices of the encrypted channel could be a new problem for the exposure of the French championship.
It is on September 12 that the Professional Football League will launch the consultation on the television rights of Ligue 1 (from the 2024-2025 season). An operation which promises to be delicate for the president of the LFP, Vincent Labrune, in particular because the PSG has seen Lionel Messi leave and could very soon separate from Neymar and Kylian Mbappé. So many blows to sell Ligue 1 internationally, but not the only ones.
On this subject, Ludovic Obraniak mentioned the plan for Canal+. If the encrypted channel has already said that it would not position itself for obtaining the broadcasting rights of the hexagonal championship, it should on the other hand move concerning that of Saudi Arabia where many stars now evolve. ” I point out that the Netherlands have passed us in the UEFA indexbegan the chain consultant The Team. Portugal and Belgium are keeping us on our toes. I think we forget the arrival of the Saudi championship which puts a hell of a kick in the anthill.”
“A hell of a blow to Vincent Labrune’s plan”
For the former Lille resident, the danger is therefore above all at this level and the development of the Saudi Pro League is not good news for the LFP. ” With the players they are taking, they can come and compete in terms of visibility. The proof is that Canal+ is positioning itself on the rights of Saudi football for the next two years. It puts a hell of a wing kick in Vincent Labrune’s plan. »
And the consultant insists on the loss of major players in the French Ligue 1 championship. And not only at PSG. ” We are going to lose as many stars as possible and we are losing our best days, whether at the Lensois dauphin, at Paris Saint-Germain, or everywhere. It’s hard to see the positive in that. “To try to exceed the billion of which he spoke for the rights of the championship, Vincent Labrune will have work.
