It is the end of a brief but tumultuous trip. The presidents of the Clubs of Ligue 1, gathered at the University on Tuesday, chose the path of rupture with Dazn, the main station of the championship, and although the British transmission platform must still pay two deadlines, on April 30 and June 30, for a total of 140 million euros. The decision was validated by the vote of the Board of Directors of the LFP.
It remains to know the contours of this unexpected exit, precipitated by Dazn’s failure, which had to undergo multiple contortist exercises to exceed the 500,000 subscribers bar in the French market. The platform launched a legal action against the LFP, which is responsible for this defeat: claims 573 million euros “for the observed failure” and the “deception on the assets.”
Difficult mediation
For more than a month, a mediator ordered by the Commercial Court of Paris has been trying to find a …