Daniel Riolo dézingue Nasser Al-Khelaïfi

It is now an open secret: Paris Saint-Germain wants to own the Parc des Princes. But faced with the refusal of Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris, Nasser Al-Khelaïfi reaffirmed this Thursday evening that the Parisian club was going to leave its historic enclosure and that he wanted to build a new stadium here. 3-4 ans ». « 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 in Europe, and on financial fair play… We need our stadium. We have no other solutions », he declared on RMC. Words which did not convince Daniel Riolo. The editorialist criticized the comments of the president of PSG, a few hours after his intervention, still at RMC.

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« What he says is obviously false, it's not a matter of life and death. If they crashed the TV rights, it's all their fault (the presidents of the French clubs). When he talks about “life or death”, he needs money coming in through ticketing and through what a large stadium can bring. If he got into trouble with the Paris town hall, it's him. There was a plan to do work (at the Park), it still exists. 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 C1 matches… How are you going to fill your stadium that you are going to build 20-30 miles from 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 policysaid Riolo, who thinks that a window will be open in less than two years for PSG to buy the Park. In 2026, during the next municipal elections, the doors can open. There's no point in going to a sick dry cleaner, since a priori, Anne Hidalgo will pass on. »