This time, war is declared between the PSG and the town hall of Paris. While the Parisian club had made it known during the Football World Cup, through the voice of its president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, that he wanted to be able to buy the Parc des Princes under penalty of migrating elsewhere, which had surprised within of the club, the Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo gave a clear answer in the columns of the Parisian. The stadium “is not for sale” and “will not be sold” to Paris Saint-Germain, go around there is nothing to see.
The former PS presidential candidate, on the other hand, did not mention the possibility of a departure from the club. “We must support PSG in its desire and need for renovation, increase in capacity, modernization of the Park”, even if “part of the stadium is on the ring road, so we cannot dig”, says -she. Inaugurated first in 1897 then in 1972 with its new architecture, the former velodrome, whose capacity is now fixed at 48,000 places, has been home to the Parisian club since 1974. The current emphyteutic lease, which entered into force in 2014, short for thirty years.
Tensions born during the World Cup
At the end of November, the president of PSG Nasser Al-Khelaïfi had dug up the hatchet on this subject. “They are pressuring us to leave”, had dropped the Qatari leader in a vitriolic interview against the municipality, recalling having “invested 80 million euros” – before Euro 2016 – in a stadium which “is not ours “. The club did make a takeover offer, but “very low, very far from the estimate we had”, then said sports assistant Pierre Rabadan, who estimates the price of the stadium at the very least at 200 million euros. euros.
According to a source close to the Parisian club, the evaluation carried out by the town planning services of the city was “ten times higher than what we had as a price”. According to first deputy Emmanuel Grégoire quoted by Le Parisien, the amount offered by PSG was 40 million euros. “It’s cheaper than Paredes”, the Argentine midfielder “bought 50 million euros”, he had mocked, drawing the wrath of Mr. Al-Khelaïfi.
PSG takes note of the exit of Anne Hidalgo
The exit of the Mayor of Paris in the columns of Le Parisien angered the leaders of PSG, who drew a press release in the process. “It is disappointing to hear that the Mayor of Paris wants to dislodge Paris Saint-Germain and its supporters from the Parc des Princes while adding tens of millions of euros to Parisian taxpayers to maintain the structure of a stadium. which is over fifty years old and in need of a complete renovation,” the club writes.
“PSG and the Parc des Princes are part of the history and heritage of Paris. Everyone loses in the position taken by the Mayor, believe the Red and Blue. Paris Saint-Germain are now forced to find alternative options to relocate the club, depriving Paris of a major investment for its attractiveness. This is not the outcome the club, nor its supporters, were hoping for. »