Don’t miss a piece of the 2022 Golden Ball, Karim Benzema or Cristiano Ronaldo matches: Canal+ announced on Tuesday that it has acquired the rights to broadcast the Saudi Arabian football championship.
small deal “for the next two seasons” For France and Africa, the group’s press release specifies. The 2023/2024 season will start on 11 August. Canal+ will broadcast two meetings a week on its antenna. Saudi Arabia has launched major maneuvers to survive on the global football scene by attracting many of its stars to its championship, starting with the Portuguese. Cristiano RonaldoAl-Nasr arrived in January.
\ud83d\udea8 The Saudi Pro League is coming to CANAL+! \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6
Ronaldo, Benzema, Mane, Mahrez… are already making their comeback @canalplus \ud83d\ude31 in France and Africa
See you on Friday \ud83d\udd25 pic.twitter.com/1xm5KFmnDg
– Canal+ Foot (@CanalplusFoot) 8 August 2023
The first big name to jump on the bandwagon was none other than his former Real Madrid teammate Karim Benzema, The Ballon d’Or 2022 signed on a three-year deal at Al-Ittihad in early June, free of any contracts. The French striker is accompanied by his compatriot n’golo forks, The 32-year-old defensive midfielder signed a three-year deal with the Jeddah club.
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Canal+, a subsidiary of the Vivendi Group, to generate 9.6 billion euros in revenue in 2022, up 10%. Present in more than 50 countries, the Canal+ group has 25.5 million customers worldwide, including 16 million customers outside mainland France.