Ligue 1 TV rights (2024-2029): "No desire to exclude any party whatsoever" (V. Labrune, LFP)

"You (Maxime Saada) mentioned the system for assessing financial guarantees: its purpose is to learn the lessons from the Mediapro episode, which we all collectively deplore. There is no desire to exclude or favour any party whatsoever, still less to aim for a failure of this procedure. The speculations, assertions and insinuations contained in your letter are in this respect as serious as they are unfounded," declared Vincent Labrune, president of the Ligue de Football Professionnel, in a letter sent to Maxime Saada, chairman and CEO of Canal+ group, on Tuesday 26/09/2023, some of which was revealed by the French sports daily L'Équipe on 27/09/2023.

Maxime Saada sent a letter to the LFP on Monday 25/09/2023 informing it that the pay and free-TV group would not be participating in the call for tenders for the domestic media rights of Ligue 1 Uber Eats for the 2024-2029 cycle. He voiced a number of grievances against the LFP, including that of favouring Amazon to the detriment of other candidates.

"As I have stated publicly, we were ready to consider whether we should take part in…