QSI's incendiary response to the future of PSG

«Dream less big“. This morning, The Team did not beat around the bush in his edition. The sports daily opened its file on the reduced ambitions of PSG, in particular due to less intense investments from Qatar, both on a financial and human level or even on the strategic level of the country's development. Last year's sale of 12.5% ​​of the club's shares to the American investment fund Arctos Sports Partners goes in this direction. The state of the Gulf is not withdrawing, but it is downsizing and no longer intends to assume sole responsibility for financing the club. This has also been noticed in terms of the transfer market. The management embodied by QSI stopped the strategy of recruiting stars at a high price. After Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, Cavani, Di Maria, Neymar, Mbappé and Messi, there is now no big name in the squad. Luis Enrique gets by with less renowned players, who are also younger. The commercial success of Ile-de-France residents is also affected. The shops are no longer making as much revenue as in previous years and some seats reserved for sponsors at the Parc des Princes are now empty.

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According to The TeamDoha is not considering a sale, but if an interesting offer reached it, it would be studied closely. For his part, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, at the helm since the arrival of Qatar Sport Investments in the summer of 2011, still directs operations. Some of his colleagues have nevertheless noticed a certain detachment for several months now. His various hats as president of beIN Sports and the ECA but also his seat on the UEFA executive committee, his role with FIFA to impose the Club World Cup, force him to look at PSG from afar. All this information has come back to QSI's ears and it doesn't please at all. A spokesperson even affirms that the inauguration of the brand new training center is proof of continued interest from investors. “This is completely false, the same newspaper writes the same nonsense week after week. Shareholders have just spent €350m on Poissy, major new expansions to the Campus have just been announced, and they are looking to invest hundreds of millions in a new stadium, whilst increasing our investment in football, sport and entertainment, but apparently we are looking to sell.» This has the merit of being clear.