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Towards a future battle of the rich in Ligue 1? The leading financial power – by far – in the French football elite, Paris Saint-Germain should indeed see the arrival of a strong competitor in the coming years. Or even from next season. Recently bought by the wealthy Arnault family and Red Bull, Paris FC is set to change dimension in the near future. News which would have “upset” PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, according to information from L’Équipe.
Good understanding between Al-Khelaïfi and Antoine Arnault
A source close to Qatar confides to the newspaper that the Parisian leader sees in the PFC “a competitor with enormous resources which has the name of Paris and the Eiffel Tower on its logo. It is no longer the same situation as with Paris FC before, even if it had moved up to Ligue 1. It will take time, but the PFC will end up overshadowing PSG,” indicates this same source. While waiting to see Paris FC land at the higher level and compete with its Parisian neighbor, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi and Antoine Arnault, the two bosses, like each other. The latter was even invited to the inauguration of the Campus, PSG's brand new training center in Poissy, a few weeks ago.
To summarize
Towards a future battle of the rich in Ligue 1? The leading financial power – by far – in the French football elite, Paris Saint-Germain should indeed see the arrival of a strong competitor in the coming years. Or even from next season.