A new sponsor, new broadcasters, two big-spending Olympiques… A quick update on the news in Ligue 1 for this 2024-2025 season.
Publish 08/14/2024 06:00
Lesson time: 3 min
Ligue 1 resumes its rights this weekend. After a few months of travel, it’s the return from vacation for the players of the French champions on August 16, with the kick-off given during the meeting between Le Havre and Paris-Saint-Germain.
A first day that will conclude with the clash between Stade Rennais and Olympique Lyonnais at 8:45 p.m. on Thursday. Before embarking on this new season, here is a quick update on what you need to know about this new edition of Ligue 1 « McDonald’s ».
A new broadcaster in dance
After lengthy negotiations, Ligue 1 has found broadcasters on the wire, a month before the restart. French clubs are confident in their proposal concerning DAZN, a British platform launched in the sport in 2020, and beIN Sports, which has a Qatari cryptography already broadcasting many foreign championships since 2012. The latter legacy of the main poster of This day in Ligue 1, when DAZN broadcasts the hour of the weekend.
An alloy between the two plates that make the fact at 50 euros per month to have the possibility of watching the entry of Ligue 1. A summer plus a season that has passed, it is perhaps better for the clubs, and the TV is available for sale « Only » 500 million euros, far from the billion hoped for the Professional (Site notre blog d’information) League.
Seven French clubs in the European Cup
Paris Saint-Germain is, as usual, qualified for the Champions League in the Champions League, the capital club and this is accompanied by AS Monaco and the surprising Stade Brestois, and perhaps- It is the same thing as LOSC, during the course after the victory in March in the third round of the preliminary competition against Fenerbahçe. The three (or four) French clubs have discovered the new format of the competition, with these six-second matches and a single team of 36 teams. A new system also implemented in the Europa League, where France will be represented by OGC Nice and Olympique Lyonnais. In the European Conference League, the objective is to qualify for the qualification on the 22nd of the year in the play-offs (return on the 29th).
Three historic clubs return
A new club has discovered the French elite in this 2024-2025 season, with three historic clubs from the returning champions: Auxerre, Ligue 2 champion, Angers (second in Ligue 2) and Saint-Etienne, winner of its All-return play-off against Metz at the end of last season. Angers and AJA are doing the « elevator » by going back up to Ligue 1 only after being relegated.
The new faces of the elite
If the transfers are made at different times, they will be settled in the league and while waiting for the outcome of the television rights file, some clubs have proven to be particularly active. Accustomed to major changes every summer, Olympique de Marseille has once again shaken up its efficiency, by appointing the Italian coach Roberto de Zerbi as its head. After Lilian Brassier, the Marseille club welcomed Ismaël Koné, Mason Greenwood and Pierre-Emile Hojberg, all from the Premier League, as well as Elye Wahi, the hopeful from Lens.
Another Olympique team that has been very successful during the transfer window: Olympique Lyonnais. The Rhone club has a massive increase in options for its children arriving in the winter season: Saïd Benrahma, Mama Baldé, Orel Mangala, Ernest Nuamah, Duje Caleta-Car. Also included are the transfers of Moussa Niakhaté, Abner Vinicius and Georges Mikautadze. That is, in total, more than 134 million euros spent. PSG is, for its part, more discreet, with the Russian full-back Matvey Safonov, Willian Pacho and Joao Neves, coming from Benfica Lisbon.
