A few hours before the broadcast of the highly anticipated " Complément d'enquête » on France 2 (23 p.m.), this Thursday, March 27, 2025, a 25-minute video has just been put online on YoutubeA look at the crucial meeting for TV rights in July 2024, attended by all the presidents of professional football clubs. This meeting resulted in the controversial LFP/DAZN+beIN Sports agreement.
In this totally crazy sequence, we find ourselves in the front row to witness the open war between John Textor (OL) and Nasser Al-Khelaïfi (PSG).
"Enough is enough!"
« DAZN is one of the weakest platforms in the world", explains the president of Olympique Lyonnais. Although beIN Sports is powerful in France, I watch PSG ads while watching a Lyon game, and I might miss a goal!", he then exaggerates a little... He campaigns for the launch of an LFP platform, in the manner of the NBA League Pass in the United States.
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi does not appreciate: " Jean-Pierre, I have to answer him. First, you're the expert, better than anyone. Come with your guarantee, bring your money, and set up your platform. Do you think you can make more money starting from scratch?«
It's even more stormy when Nasser Al-Khelaïfi volleys past Benjamin Morel, general director of LFP Media. The latter has just presented the possible packages and the difficulties: “ You're acting against the League, against the clubs... Enough is enough! You're only creating problems, you're destroying everything that's proposed. I tried to help, to be courteous. But this is too much."
Football fans on social media were quite stunned by such a sequence and the violence of some of the exchanges. Some described Nasser Al-Khelaïfi as a "dictator," caught between his roles as president of PSG and beIN Media, accused of a "conflict of interest" by Joseph Oughourlian (RC Lens).
Unfortunately, all this has only led to catastrophic decisions for the future of French football, mired in its economic slump. With DAZN still far from its subscriber numbers and therefore profitability targets. The British platform Len Blavatnik could activate its departure clause at the end of 2025.
