Best wishes from News Tank Football for 2025!

News Tank Football wishes each and every one of its subscribers and readers a very happy new year in 2025!

2024 began with the uncertainty surrounding the allocation of the LFP's domestic TV rights - which eventually only came to fruition on 01/08/2024 - and ended with the publication of Foot Unis' "Baromètre d'Impact du Football Professionnel Français 2024" (Impact Barometer of French Professional Football 2024) and the observation that many clubs were in difficulty due to the amounts paid by broadcasters, which fell far short of the expectations expressed when the call for tenders was launched in October 2023. The consequences of the French League's agreement with DAZN and beIN Sports will be one of the issues to watch in 2025, as will those of the Diarra case following the CJEU ruling in October 2024, which could turn the transfer market upside down.

The debates surrounding the establishment of the international calendar and the number of matches played by international players from the biggest clubs, crystallised by the organisation of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 in an expanded…