Ligue 1 authorities looking to hold Monaco-Lyon game in China L’Équipe report today that the LFP are looking to play next February’s Monaco-Lyon fixture in Shanghai, pending the approval of FIFA. As the Ligue 1 authorities look for new ways to market the league in the wake of last year’s broadcasting rights disaster, the latest proposal is to play a match in China, namely the match that would have been played at Monaco’s Stade-Louis II on Matchday 23. With Ligue 1 rights being undersold abroad – €73m annually, compared to €710m for Spanish football and €1.4bn for English football –...