TV rights: "beIN Media Group has honoured its latest obligations to LaLiga as scheduled" (beIN)

"beIN Media Group confirms it has honoured its latest obligations to LaLiga - as scheduled, and in-keeping with beIN’s trusted relationship with all our partners for decades. It is unfortunate that the president of LaLiga, week-on-week, pursues unhinged personal feuds and public attacks on partners and stakeholders, ahead of the best interests of Spanish clubs and Spanish football. All this, at a time when LaLiga needs good leadership and strong partnerships more than ever," said the Qatari pay-TV group on 28/10/2022.

"We are the only ones that beIN Media Group have not paid, without any excuse or reason. Since 15/08/2022, they owe us €50m. They owed us €60m and they have paid €10m," said Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, to the French daily L'Equipe, on 26/10/2022. The Court of First Instance in Madrid had decided to "temporarily" freeze €50m in assets of beIN Media Group due to unpaid LaLiga Santander TV rights for the 2022-23 season, on 10/10/2022.

This decision was taken due to the "risk that the funds would be repatriated to Qatar and that it would be impossible to guarantee…