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Passionate about sport, cinema and television (on screen and behind) since his childhood, Bernard has been a journalist for 10 Sport since 2018. More skilled with the keyboard in hand than with the ball on his feet, he decides to mainly cover a beloved sport, criticized and hated at the same time (Football) and a sport that is not one (wrestling).
Paris Saint-Germain could see a competitor emerge soon with the Paris Football Club, in the process of being officially bought by the LVMH/Red Bull tandem. Negotiations were quick between the two parties and did not leak into the press, which Pierre Ferracci, president of the other club in the capital, welcomes today.
The PFC will soon change dimension with its purchase by the family Arnaultwhich will take 55% of the shares of the other club in the capital initially via its holding company Financière Agache. The current president and owner Pierre Ferracci will retain 30% until 2027 before transferring it to the family Arnaultwhile Red Bull will get 15%. A buyout soon to be recorded after the smooth passage past the DNCG this Tuesday and negotiated in secret.
“A miracle that confidentiality was maintained for so long”
Guest of The Evening Team, Pierre Ferracci revealed behind the scenes of the Paris Football Club takeover process. “ Our first meeting with Frédéric and Antoine Arnault dates back to April 22, it's a miracle that we maintained confidentiality for so long because within a few days, the official press release could have been released.revealed the Parisian president. It was Red Bull who, unintentionally, put us in a bit of difficulty by asking us to delay our official information in order to be able to announce the arrival of Jürgen Klopp before us and also make a little noise around that, ultimately it's released the same day. »
“A solution that ticked all the boxes I mentioned”
The family Arnaultthe third largest fortune in the world, meets the criteria set by Pierre Ferracci when looking for a buyer PFC. « I had several solutions which were all foreign, some European, one which I particularly liked which also refers to the Italian shareholders of Atalanta. I had asked the bank which assisted me (Rothschild) to find a national solution if possible, a European one if a national one was not possible. Not that I am against foreign investments in France, I still have a minority in the capital. No multi-properties, therefore a majority shareholder who invests in a club and devotes himself to it. And after a month, a month and a half, the two partners at Rothschild called me to tell me that they had a solution that checked all the boxes that I had mentioned. It is a family project, which brings together the five children of the family with the blessing of the father who manages the entire LVMH group.explain Ferracci. It is a very united family who wanted, beyond the functions they have in the powerful and listed LVMH group, a more fun project that they will do very seriously. Hence the call to Red Bull. »
