The French Football League has threatened to rip up its domestic TV rights agreement with Mediapro and turn to other broadcasters following the Chinese-owned group’s refusal to make payments due earlier this month.

In an email sent to clubs in France’s top two divisions and seen on Thursday by AFP, the league (LFP) said it had “ordered Mediapro to meet payments due on October 1 and 5”.

The email, sent by the LFP’s executive director general, Arnaud Rouger, added that if an agreement is not reached with Mediapro, “we will need to consider handing the contract over to other operators”.