London rivals Arsenal and Chelsea contest the Europa League final in Baku on Wednesday, followed by English Premier League peers Liverpool and Tottenham in the more prestigious Champions League final in Madrid on Saturday. It currently pays a hefty pound sterling394 million ($499 million, 448 million euros) per season to show live Champions League and Europa League football. "With the FA Cup going to free-to-air broadcasters, BT Sport's future would look questionable if they lost the Champions League rights," said Maguire. - 'No fairy godmothers' -Claire Enders of Enders Analysis said that Champions League sponsors are forcing BT to make certain matches free-to-air. "BT is going to hang onto those (Champions League) rights because no one else wants them."

Source: Bangkok Post May 26, 2019 04:18 UTC