beIN Sports lifts Coupe de France offer to nine million euros amid LFP dispute | OneFootball

According to L'Équipe, beIN Sports has lifted its Coupe de France rights to nine million euros a year, aligning with the FFF while hardening its stance with the LFP.

The broadcaster has dropped its Ligue 1 match next season, and the sums due for another year. LFP Media will pull that slot back to Ligue 1+, using 35 to 55 million euros from reserves to cushion the hit.

With the FFF, the approach is the opposite. beIN, led by Youssef al-Obaidly, offered eight million a year to extend until 2030, up from four million. As the reserve price was not met, partly because France Télévisions was temporarily out, the tender was void and private talks began.

During those talks, FFF president Philippe Diallo secured a final extra one million, taking the deal to that level per season, with part of the competition to be co-broadcast by another channel.

For now, the public broadcaster is offering four million euros, down from eight million today, pending internal approval. The FFF hopes that figure rises, though France Télévisions’ cost-cutting urges caution.

Thanks to beIN, the FFF could maintain, and perhaps nudge up, total Coupe de France rights, currently 12 million euros a year, despite a deflated market and no rival bidders. beIN is pleased with the tournament’s audiences and is courting the FFF as it clashes with the LFP in court.

Source: L'Équipe