GolTV anticipates that despite the economic situation, pending payment of 2021 will be covered in three or four months

Osvaldo Gimenez, representative of the chain GolTV for Latin America, from Uruguay, he indicated that he did not know anything official about the resolution of the Council of Presidents of LigaPro clubs, and anticipated that the debt of GolTV With LigaPro it will be covered in the next three or four months, regardless of the new commitments that were acquired for 2022.

“The truth that I have not had any official notification, I understand it will arrive in the next few hours, ”said Giménez, who announced that it will arrive in Ecuador in the following weeks.

Regarding the position of the directors, Giménez indicated: “I understand that the leaders claim and, I agree, it is something that has already been discussed. They want to know the cash flow for all of 2022 regarding debt. What we assure you and GolTV it is maintained is that they are going to have the monthly installment where the 30% advance is included ”.

“I understand that they give us fifteen days for us to ask them how we are going to pay the debt, which is based on the fact that in 2020 we had five months without football. In estimated numbers it is about 10 million dollars that they did not enter because of the pandemic, which is no one’s fault. We have concealed the lack of income in 2020 and in the coming months we are going to conceal what happened to us in 2021 because we are going to pay a debt that we have for three and a half months. GolTV it has fulfilled its commitments and will continue to fulfill it. Ecuador was the only country at a commercial level that did not have conflicts over the issue of television rights “, reiterated the businessman.

Giménez recalled that he already had a meeting with the leaders. “I participated in the meeting with the Council of LigaPro, last November 3, and GolTV He promised that in the next 30 days 4 million dollars would be paid, something that we just fulfilled this Wednesday. This 2022 we are going to ensure the economic income for the clubs which is the great concern they have ”.

“They are three and a half months of debt and are between 6.5 or 7 million dollars to complete the television rights of 2021. We hope that in the next few days that figure will be much lower. The clubs, and it is logical, are going to demand a cash flow and payment because they have to put together their budget ”.

Regarding the new reality of the world due to the pandemic, Giménez indicated: “What is real is that the business has changed, the situation in Ecuador, as well as that of South America, has changed, we have to adapt to new times, which is what he is dealing with. of doing GolTV. The contract they have for television rights in Ecuador is one of the best in South America ”.

For the businessman, LigaPro has undergone positive changes. “Luckily the LigaPro has grown, the club leaders have helped a lot, Young players have appeared, Ecuador is close to saying I’m in the World Cup, growth has been important. The Ecuadorian Football Federation, with its president, is 100 x 100 thinking about the World Cup, the work areas are defined, television does its job, 99% of the journalists are Ecuadorians; the production industry has been strengthened, that is why we are very optimistic about everything to come ”.

Alfonso Chango’s complaint

Giménez declined from the percentage that clubs receive for television rights. “I read a note from the president (Alfonso Chango) of a club (Mushuc Runa) who complained about what he had received ($ 4,000). We do not participate in the issue of the distribution percentage, What we do is pay LigaPro, I understand that after paying off the debts, expenses that must be made, as they have explained to me many times, the balance is distributed and I understand that if this was received, that amount is the proportionality that corresponded ”.

Consulted what is the purpose of GolTV In Ecuador, the businessman said: “Our company did not come for an internship, GolTV He came to stay and do a project that is based on working with youth, the clubs, the National Team and that is what we are working on every day, we think about generating new things as we have done. There are people who understood us and there are others who still do not understand us, but I have no doubt that in the future we will all be united because it is the only way for Ecuador to continue evolving and improving their soccer ability ”.

At the request of some leaders that the contract with LigaPro be broken, the representative of GolTV He said: “I never think that we are going to reach a critical, legal situation as someone can put it lightly, we have a good relationship with most clubs, small clubs know that from day 1 GolTV He has defended them, the big clubs too. We are not interested in reaching a conflict, it is not what we want, we did not come to generate conflict, what interests us is that Ecuadorian football continues to grow ”. (D)