AS Saint-Etienne : A Ligue 1 with 18 clubs from 2022? | ASSE Live News

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According to information from the daily Le Parisien, the Professional Football League could accept a 2022-2023 championship with 18 clubs against 20 currently. In question ? Reduction of TV rights.

Between the health context depriving clubs of the public and the Mediapro fiasco, the proposal for an 18 or even 16-a-side championship was once again put on the table at an LFP board meeting on April 21. If UEFA would press for the implementation of such a change in order to optimize its reform of the Champions League scheduled for 2024, it is indeed the drastic reduction of TV rights that has come to revive the debates around a championship cut by two units. The recent announcement

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Une Ligue 1 à 18 clubs dès 2022 ?