While the suspense continues regarding the TV rights for the next Ligue 1 season, the clubs have had an unpleasant surprise from the Qatari sports channel, Beinsports.
Even before knowing who will broadcast the L1 next season, the Professional Football League had more bad news for the leaders of the French clubs. Indeed, in the last payment of TV rights under the current contract, a big piece of the pie was missing. Not that CVC has come to take more than expected what the LFP owes it, or that the League has put a little money aside, but it is quite simply because Beinsports did not settle the payment on time. final deadline of the current contract with Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. A deadline which still amounts to 35 million euros and which was therefore not paid on time with the Professional Football League. There would be a rather surreal explanation for this situation which is obviously not to the taste of French clubs, already in a very complicated position less than two months before the resumption of the 2024-2025 season, which will begin on August 16.
Beinsports explains its late payment to Ligue 1
Because it is obviously not a question of the beIn Média Groupe channel, directed by Nasser Al-Khelaifi, voluntarily and brutally depriving Ligue 1 of new money, but just of a delay in payment. Even if we may be surprised by this situation given that Beinsports is a long-standing partner of the LFP and is still mentioned as the possible future broadcaster of the French championship, the facts are there, the sports channel does not did not keep its commitment for these 35 million, which correspond to the two matches then resold by Beinsports to Cana+. According to The teamthe managers of the channel explained this delay in payment by two reasons, namely that certain international broadcasters of Ligue 1 were also late in paying, but also due to theEid el-Kebir, a very important religious festival for Muslims. A priori, everything should be resolved quickly.
