September 11 – French league (LFP) president Vincent Labrune has been re-elected for another four-year term with an overwhelming majority.
Former president of Marseille, he received strong support from the board and was then elected by the general assembly in the first round of ballots with 85.67% of the vote.
“After a first mandate marked by emergency solutions and long-term responses to the unprecedented crisis in the financing of audiovisual rights, an era of transformation for professional soccer has now begun,” the league said in a statement.
The vote was expected to be tighter following the collapse of a record-breaking contract with Spanish-based broadcaster Mediapro four years ago.
The deal with Mediapro should have been worth more than €4 billion over four years for the top two tiers but collapsed after only four months, forcing the league ask the government to set up a financial rescue package.
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