Annoyed by his dispute with Paris town hall, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi decided to leave the Parc des Princes. The president of Paris Saint-Germain wants to build a new stadium and move there within three to four years. A very ambitious, even unrealizable, project.
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi persists. Given that the capital's town hall refuses to sell the Parc des Princes, the president of Paris Saint-Germain wants to move. The Qatari believes that the reigning French champion needs to become the owner of a larger venue in order to compete with the competition in Europe. “ If I listen to my heart, we're not leavingexplained the leader on RMC on Thursday. But today, everyone in Europe has stadiums with 100,000, 80,000, 90,000 seats… We need them, otherwise we are dead. »
A new stadium ready in 3-4 years?
« If it's a question of life or death? Yeshe replied. We are in France, but we also play in Europe. We compete in the Champions League every year. If we want to be at the same level as other clubs, and on financial fair play… We need our stadium. We have no other solutions. The city leaves us no choice. I don't do politics. For us, we need a stadium ready in three, four years, we have no time to lose, otherwise we are behind other clubs in Europe. We need to make decisions, to build as quickly as possible. »
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi appears determined and ambitious, perhaps even a little too much. The desired deadlines appear far too short in the eyes of many specialists. “ The announced deadline – three to four years – for the construction of the stadium is, at best, unrealisticjudged Franceinfo journalist Julien Froment. The land isn't even pre-empted yet. And with local residents, environmentalists and others, you should rather bet on double, minimum. Just look at what’s been done elsewhere.. »
In Lyon, for example, the Groupama Stadium did not see the light of day for a decade. The project was launched in 2006 before numerous obstacles appeared. Among them, Olympique Lyonnais had received an unfavorable opinion on the revision of the local urban plan in 2008. It was necessary to wait until 2012 to obtain the building permit and the work lasted almost three years, until the first match in 2016. Faced with mayor Anne Hidalgo, at least until the municipal elections of March 2026, Paris Saint-Germain could follow a similar course.
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