On the occasion of an exceptional broadcast of Rothen ignites, this Thursday on RMC at the PSG Campus, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi reaffirmed that the Parisian club was going to leave the Parc des Princes and that he wanted to have a new stadium in ” 3-4 years.” An important issue since the future of the club would be threatened if that were not the case, according to its president. An observation which is not shared by Daniel Riolo.
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi's position on the stadium issue is fixed. The president of PSG repeated it this Thursday on RMC in Rothen ignitesrelocated to the PSG Campus, the Parisian club will leave the Parc des Princes in the coming years and build a stadium that can accommodate significantly more people than the 48,600 people at the Porte Maillot enclosure.
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“I really like the Parc des Princes, everyone likes it,” said the Qatari leader. “If I listen to my heart, we don't leave. But today, everyone in Europe has stadiums with 100,000, 80,000, 90,000 seats… We need them, otherwise we are dead. Is this a question of life or death? Yes, we are in France, but we also play in Europe every year if we want to be at the same level as the other clubs, and on fair play. financial… We need our stadium. We have no other solutions.” And the manager even gives a relatively quick deadline: “We need a stadium ready in 3-4 years, we have no time to lose, otherwise we are behind other clubs in Europe.”
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In l’After Foot on RMC, Daniel Riolo assured him that this question of the sustainability of PSG was not at stake and that the success of a large stadium was not guaranteed for the Parisian club: “What he says is obviously false , it's not a question of life or death (for PSG If they crashed the TV rights, it's all their fault (the presidents of the French clubs). of death, basically he needs to the entry of money through ticketing and through what a large stadium can bring. If he got into trouble with the Paris town hall, it was him. There was a plan to do the work. (at the Parc des Princes), it still exists.
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And above all, above all, above all, he will definitely fall out with a base (of PSG supporters). When you fall out with a base, to go and rebuild another base and aim for 60 or 70,000 people in a stadium, in Champions League matches… How are you going to fill your stadium that you are going to build 20-30 miles away? Paris, where you don't yet have the land, you don't yet have the roads, you don't yet have the transport to get there? If you don't change your policy, since you have now said that you want a low profile policy. In fact, there’s nothing wrong with what he’s saying.”
A statement from Nasser Al-Khelaïfi which could resemble a means of pressure on the Paris town hall, which refuses to sell the Parc des Princes. A vain approach, according to Daniel Riolo: “In 2026 (year of the next municipal elections), politically the doors can open. So there is no point in going to put in a sick dry cleaner since a priori Anne Hidalgo will hand over the reins .” Will the new PSG stadium already be launched by this deadline?
