TV rights: "The English pay a lot because they have a real product" (Michel Seydoux, LOSC Lille)

"Nowadays, the English pay a lot because they have a real product. Ligue 1 is on the same level as what the English are exporting. In France, we did not want to draw a line between excellence and amateur football, and this is the result," said Michel Seydoux, president of LOSC Lille (Ligue 1), following the sale of the 2016-2019 rights to the...