LFP-CVC agreement/French Senate: FFF president Philippe Diallo's public hearing on 12/06/2024

The French Senate's Committee on Culture, Education, Communication and Sport will hold a public hearing with Philippe Diallo, president of the Fédération Française de Football, on Wednesday 12/06/2024 at 16:30 CET, announced the upper house of French parliament on 07/06/2024.

This hearing is part of the Senate's fact-finding mission on the involvement of investment funds in French professional football. Senator Michel Savin (LR, Isère) is the rapporteur and Laurent Lafon (Union Centriste, Val-de-Marne) is chairman.

"The aim of this mission is to understand the place that investment funds are taking in the football economy (clubs and the Ligue de Football Professionnel's commercial company) and whether this new trend will be detrimental to their economic future," said Michel Savin on 27/03/2024, specifying that the mission had been given the powers of a commission of inquiry.

Several personalities have already been heard publicly by the French Senate since the beginning of May (reports available in the "further reading" section):
• Pierre Maes, consultant specialised in TV rights;
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