Mathieu Warnier, Media365, published on Thursday April 17, 2025 at 7:10 p.m.
On the occasion of a press briefing organized this Thursday, Philippe Diallo gave his feeling concerning the conflict between the LFP and Dazn, calling in turn to the dialogue between all the parties and relaunching his desire to refound French professional football.
Philippe Diallo is on the same wavelength as the Minister of Sports. When evoking the conflict between the Professional Football League (LFP) to the main broadcaster of Ligue 1, the platform DAZNMarie Barsacq declared to RMC Sport Wanting to ensure that the matches continue to be broadcast and that it goes through “dialogue with all the actors” in which it intends to take part. On the occasion of a press point following a meeting of the Executive Committee of the French Football Federation (FFF), President Philippe Diallo has also expressed himself on this file which has poisoned professional football for several months. He thus calls for “continuation of the dialogue between LFP and Dazn” in order to ensure “economic sustainability” at clubs. However, admitting that there are “very clear difficulties” in this file, Philippe Diallo declares that “there will be no miracle solution”. Hoping for a solution allowing continuity in the broadcast of Ligue 1 matches, the boss of French football says that “we are not in the divorce” between the League and its broadcaster.
Diallo hopes for a next exit from the crisis
And this despite the desire of club presidents to get out of the contract binding the championship to DAZN. “I hope that a solution will be found very soon,” he said, waving the threat of “very great difficulty” for clubs otherwise. A file in which the FFF is involved indirectly since, as Philippe Diallo repeated, it affects “2.5% of the amounts” paid by the diffusers to the LFP. Beyond relations with the broadcasters, the president of the federation maintained his wish to refound professional football by involving all the stakeholders. “There is a need for restoration of the image, credibility, you have to draw a project that is rewarding professional football,” said Philippe Diallo. Despite this good will displayed, the Ligue 1 TV rights file is far from being completed and justice should have to decide in the coming weeks or months on the compensation for compensation for compensation DAZNwhich exceed the half-billion euros.
