Foot Unis: "The major challenge for French football is the TV tender" (L. Nicollin, Montpellier HSC)

"The major challenge for French football is the TV rights tender, which will take place in September 2023. We hope it will result in something a little better than the current situation (€624m/year in France until 2023-24)," said Laurent Nicollin, president of Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), to News Tank Football on 13/06/2023.

The CEO of Groupe Nicollin (urban cleaning, collection and reprocessing of household and industrial waste), who is also president of Foot Unis, took part in the 2023 professional football clubs convention organised by the union of club presidents at the Groupama Stadium (Décines-Charpieu, Rhône) on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13/06/2023.

"I'm sure that the Ligue de Football Professionnel is making the best possible preparations for this call for tenders. We can already thank the LFP and CVC, who have made it possible to make up the structural deficits caused by the shortfall in TV rights revenue in recent years. President Vincent Labrune has made a real contribution to French professional football, and I hope he will continue to do so," said…