It’s an XXL deal that’s starting to take shape. This Thursday, Paris FC officially confirmed that it had entered into exclusive negotiations with Red Bull and the Arnault family for the purchase of the Ligue 2 resident club. L’Equipe for its part indicates that the Arnault family should become the majority shareholder of the club while Red Bull is looking to acquire a 15% share of the club.
Jürgen Klopp, future head of global football for Red Bull
Following this announcement, many Parisian supporters began to dream of the arrival of Jürgen Klopp on the PFC bench. Because yes, the timing of the announcement could suggest this. The former Liverpool manager was recently announced as the head of global football for Red Bull. He will take up his new role from January 2025.
This crazy rumor, however, was quickly put to rest by the president of Paris FC, Pierre Ferracci. The latter, who should remain in post after the takeover of the club if it takes place, put an end to the Jürgen Klopp rumor at the microphone of BFM Business. “No, Jürgen Klopp will not be the coach of Paris FC. Well not for the moment… Except one day if we are in the Champions League”he said.
“Red Bull is not coming to do timeshare” at the PFC
“In any case, Klopp can bring his aura, his image. I believe in exchanges with Red Bull, Leipzig… We exchange like companies exchange with each other. I am seduced by Red Bull’s data, their style…”added the president of Paris FC before highlighting an important point: “Red Bull is not coming to do timeshares but to support the Arnault family.”
“And regarding the coach, with us, Stéphane Gilli does a very good job. We are going to learn what Jürgen Klopp’s global coordination role is. He’s someone I admire a lot.”specified Pierre Ferracci. Jürgen Klopp should therefore arrive to oversee the takeover and organization of the PFC, which could potentially move into a new stadium. In any case, it is not currently planned for the German coach to sit on the bench of the Parisian club.
Paris FC: Champions League objective
But potential new owners Paris FC have big ambitions for the current Ligue 2 leader. They will seek to gradually bring both the men’s and women’s teams into the elite of French football and make both teams regular participants in the League champions.
The prestigious European competition seems a long way away today, but Paris FC will have significant resources, of the order of 100 to 200 million euros, to try to achieve this objective. At that point, Jürgen Klopp may want to return to a bench and the PFC could potentially benefit from it…
Passionate about sport and from Toulouse, I am of course a supporter of the great TFC, which has more titles than OM and OL combined over the last ten years.
