The LFP decides to break the contract with the Dazn diffuser, who refuses financial conditions – Liberation
Divorce is acted, at least in part. The Board of Directors of the Professional Football League (LFP) spoke on Tuesday, April 15 for the break with DAZN diffuser At the end of the season. The HIC: The British company refused the financial conditions for breach of contract voted by the body, according to which Dazn had to pay 140 million for the end of the season and pay compensation between 110 and 125 million euros for the following season. This dispute should therefore be decided in court.
Both parties Were linked since the start of the season by a contract on 400 million euros annually for the broadcast of 8 games per day of Ligue 1.. The agreement would run until 2029 but allowed one or the other of the games to get out of it at the end of the 2025-26 season.
This financial breach of contract comes after a long period of tensions and negotiations. For several weeks, a mediator mandated by the Paris Commercial Court has been trying to find common ground between the two parties. In vain. Dazn paid the LFP part of her deadline for January (35 million euros) which she had initially refused to pay, but still has to pay two deadlines on April 30 and June 30 for a total of 140 million euros.
In parallel, the British sports streaming platform claims to court from the LFP 573 million euros « for observed » and « Deception on goods ». DAZN in particular complains of the difficult operating conditions linked to hacking and the lack of cooperation of certain clubs to enhance the « Ligue 1 product ».
This conflict amplifies the concern of the most fragile financial teams and revives the dissensions between club presidents about the League strategy and its president, Vincent Labrune, in the TV rights file. This Tuesday evening French football is more than ever in dead end.
