On the side of the European body, we do not want “comment on commercial contracts that are confidential”. But the facts are there. The debt is still awaiting settlement and we are a little annoyed by the slowness of the process. Although no one thinks that beIN Sports is likely to never pay the bill. The matter is also sensitive because beIN, which had paid 39 million euros for the same rights during the previous Euro, in 2021, is in business with UEFA in many areas (Euros, Champions League) and on several territories (France, Middle East). But also because the president of beIN Media Group, Nasser al-Khelaïfi, is also that of the ECA, the powerful European club association, of PSG, and that he is a member of the UEFA executive committee where he sits since the beginning of 2019.
