The announcement of the future sale of Paris FC to the richest family in France (Arnault) accompanied by Red Bull had the effect of a bomb in Ligue 2 and in French football. The ambition of this new group will be clear: to make PFC the second club in the capital to compete with PSG. Editorialist for RMC, Daniel Riolo gave his view on this information in l’After Foot this Wednesday evening and welcomes this big change to come.
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“They are going to take a premier club in Ligue 2. Already, they will do everything to ensure progress. Obviously, during the January transfer window, there will be one or two players depending on needs to lock in the rise. You have to be in the first two to avoid the hazards of the dams. There will be attention on this club, with new pressure on the squad also which will ask a lot of questions. We will have to calm all this down and ensure the climb. Then, we will have to announce the budget in Ligue 1. It is an investment of passion, they would perhaps have bought PSG if that club had been for sale, they looked at other clubs. There, the Arnault family will want to have fun seeing their team, playing games with their coach. You won’t do it with three francs, six sous. If it’s to come and have a half team, he’s not going to have a blast. They will perhaps not do like the Qataris or the Saudis in unpacking all the sorrel right away, but gradually it will increase (…). This is all exciting. Since the time we have been talking about the 2nd club in Paris. For the French football landscape, this is very good news. What is the state of the club? Sportingly it’s good because they are first in Ligue 2. But when he goes to see the facilities at Orly… It’s not Lille, Nantes, Marseille or PSG. If you want to progress, the infrastructure will have to be up to standard. And then there will be THE political subject: the stadium question. Because Charléty, it will not be possible (…). »
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