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FIFA thought, okay, that's better than zero, I guess.

And Ligue 1 thought, okay, great, we have that to show our subscribers through the summer, maybe get more subscribers who might stay then next season when Ligue 1 comes back.

I can understand the idea there from Nicolas de Taverno and all of that.

And FIFA sent, they agreed a contract.

Sent it back to FIFA who never signed it because obviously they poked the bear and Beansport said, hang on a minute, we cannot not have the World Cup.

So then Beansport went on.

made a better offer to FIFA than what Ligue 1 were offering, not just for this 2026 World Cup, but also for the next one, the 2030 World Cup, and back the rights, basically.

So Ligue 1 were not happy.

He wasn't supported.

He said 17 clubs out of the 18 clubs were happy for us to get the World Cup rights.

The one not happy was obviously PSG because...

You know, the head of the club is obviously the same as the head of Beansport.

So there was no way Ligue 1 would win this battle against Nasser Al Khalifa.

And is a very good tennis player too.

Nasser Al Khalifa wears many hats.

And paddle player now as well.

Yeah, very good.

The EFL board has voted to expand the promotion playoff to the Premier League.

Gab, do you like this?

I don't see why you need the extra two seventh and eighth place in the playoffs.