While Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, chairman of Paris Saint-Germain and beIN Media Group, is the subject of a forthcoming issue of Complément d’Enquête, extracts have already been broadcast. Including a meeting between the presidents of Ligue 1 and the Ligue de Football Professionnel on July 14, 2024, to decide on the TV rights of Ligue 1. The meeting is marked by tensions with Jospeh Oughourlian (RC Lens) and John Textor (Olympique Lyonnais). Not least because beIN SPORTS offered €100 million for 1 match a week at the last minute, on top of the €400 million for 8 DAZN matches.
Al-Khelaïfi “the most important thing is the clubs.”
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi: You got the League into trouble. If we’re in this situation today, it’s up to you, Ben (Benjamin Morel, Managing Director LFP Media).
Joseph Oughourlian (President RC Lens): We’re heading for the wall in spectacular fashion!
Vincent Labrune (President of the LFP): I’d already like to thank beIN SPORTS and Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. They were obliged by nothing, and still are, to support French soccer as they have done since they arrived in France.
Oughourlian: Why not give the last match to DAZN? Okay, we’ll get a little less, we won’t get the 100 million, but at least we’ll have all the Ligue 1 on one channel.
Al-Khelaïfi: I don’t understand Joseph, I don’t know if maybe you have a problem with beIN. For me, the most important thing is the clubs. Our aim is to take as much cash as possible today.
Oughourlian: I think you should respect other presidents.
Al-Khelaïfi: Don’t speak on behalf of other presidents!
Oughourlian: I speak for myself, I speak for myself!3
Al-Khelaïfi: You’re good at your business, but you don’t understand anything about the media, okay?
Oughourlian: Nasser, you need to understand a concept that obviously escapes you at beIN, or PSG, or both, which is called conflict of interest. It bothers me. You’ve spoken three times. You intimidate everyone.
Al-Khelaïfi “stop talking, you don’t understand anything.”
Al-Khelaïfi: Leave beIN out of it! Go ahead, bring your media and buy the rights.
Oughourlian: You’re bullying!
John Textor: We’re running out of time, maybe someone other than Nasser should speak. You bully everyone.
Al-Khelaïfi: John, John, John…stop talking, you don’t understand anything. You’re a cowboy from nowhere, and you come and talk to us!
John Textor: (laughs) Yes, that’s right. I don’t understand anything and we’re all idiots here…
Al-Khelaïfi: Vincent, Jean-Pierre, I’m getting off this call because he really pissed me off!
