The Pitch: DAZN to seek Irish broadcast partner to share its $1bn FIFA risk

Streaming giant DAZN - which paid a record amount of money for a football tournament - is looking to offset some of its enormous investment by seeking free-to-air broadcast partners.

The platform paid an astonishing $1bn for the inaugural FIFA Club World Cup – without big name clubs like Liverpool, Barcelona or Manchester United.

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