Red Bull and LVMH will take over Paris FC!

This is what we call truly changing dimensions. For several months, Paris FC seems to want to accelerate its development. The second club in the French capital had also decided to be rather active on the transfer market to achieve its ultimate objective: to move up to Ligue 1. An objective which has narrowly eluded the Ile-de-France club for several years, notably with failures during play-off matches. This summer, the club owned by Pierre Ferracci, the majority shareholder, decided to invest by recruiting center forward Jean-Philippe Krasso for 1.5 million euros and former OM midfielder Maxime Lopez .

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Two big moves on the transfer market and which are bearing fruit for the moment since the team, led by ambitious coach Stéphane Gilli, is in first place in the Ligue 2 ranking after 8 days. But for all that, Pierre Ferracci, who has chaired the club since 2012, had already confided several weeks ago his desire to hand over and resell his shares. The idea for the 72-year-old businessman was to completely exit the capital at the end of the 2026-2027 season. Same story for the other shareholders and in particular the Kingdom of Bahrain which also held shares (in addition to being the club’s jersey sponsor).

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A powerful Red Bull-LVMH duo

In an interview given to theTeamPierre Ferracci also explained his desire to complete the sale before the end of autumn. Well, in the last few hours, everything has accelerated. According to information from theTeamParis FC is about to be sold to the Arnault family, which manages the famous LVMH group, but also to Red Bull. The formalization should not take long. Red Bull should recover around 15% of the shares and the Arnault family will become a majority shareholder of 55% first then 85% by 2027 when Pierre Ferracci will have completely left.

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The French daily gives some details of this deal. If the Arnault family owns LVMH, it is on a personal basis that the family will invest in the club even if LVMH risks being directly or indirectly linked to this story. Pierre Ferracci wanted to sell the club to a French or European owner, to respect the DNA of the club, and had refused the idea of ​​selling to an investment fund. The next step for the PFC is now to become another giant of French football and to compete with PSG in the long term. The Ile-de-France club should have around 200 million to begin its project over the next few years with the objective first of stabilizing the club in Ligue 1 and qualifying for the European Cup. And with the know-how of Jurgen Klopp, just appointed director of football for the Red Bull group, that could help…