Think Football 2020: "Pressure to sell players will decrease (with new TV rights)" (M. Ingla, Lille)

"The pressure to sell players will decrease with the contribution of this new financial windfall (from the new TV rights cycle beginning in 2020-21). We will be able to keep them longer, even if there will always be an obligation to sell at some point," said Marc Ingla, CEO of LOSC Lille (Ligue 1 Conforama), at Think Football 2020 on 05/02/2020.

The CEO of LOSC Lille spoke during a round table entitled "What prospects does the awarding of TV rights open up for French professional clubs in terms of development, competitiveness and organisation?" alongside:
• Didier Quillot, CEO of the Ligue de Football Professionnel
• Claude Michy, president of the UCPF, union of primarily Ligue 2 clubs
• Bruno Belgodère, deputy general director at Première Ligue, union of primarily Ligue 1 clubs

"We have high wage costs but we get more help from the government now than we did in the past. The money will go into infrastructure and talent, both on the pitch and in the workplace, with the recruitment of digital specialists in particular. We are very well positioned to catch up with our neighbour…