Among the five countries where the largest European championships are located, Paris is the only capital where only one club plays in the first division. Paris FC, current leader of Ligue 2, aims to reach the elite of French football at the end of the 2024-2025 season. In a few years, the meaning of history and information revealed by The teamWednesday October 9, is that the PFC could aim to qualify for the European Cup and, why not, compete with Paris Saint-Germain.
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The club which currently occupies the Charléty stadium, in the south of Paris, will soon be bought by the Arnault family – which owns the LVMH group – and by the Austrian group Red Bull. According to our information, a communication will be made by the Parisian club on Thursday. According to one of its senior executives, LVMH does not wish to comment on the news at this stage.
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According to The team, Pierre Ferracci, president and majority shareholder of the PFC, would initially retain 30% of the capital, before his departure planned for 2027. The manager had wanted for several months to open the capital of the PFC to external investors. The negotiations would have been led by Antoine Arnault, one of Bernard Arnault’s five children, who was also active in the recent partnership signed between LVMH and Formula 1.
The expertise of Jürgen Klopp
The Arnault family would invest on a personal basis, and not via LVMH – even if the luxury group could sponsor the PFC – in order to become a majority shareholder of the club. Red Bull, for its part, would commit up to 15%. The Austrian group has significant experience in the world of football having built a group of several leading clubs on several continents.
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Since the acquisition of two clubs in Salzburg and New York in 2005, Red Bull has increased its acquisitions and now owns seven teams. The group’s know-how in developing its teams and young talents could allow the PFC to climb the ladder quickly. Especially since the Parisian club could count on the expertise of Jürgen Klopp, the former German coach of Liverpool, named global director of the Red Bull group on Wednesday.
With ambitious recruitment on the transfer market last summer, the PFC had already demonstrated its desire to join Ligue 1 as quickly as possible. In recent seasons, he had missed promotion to the top division on several occasions, failing four times in the elite promotion play-off matches. With the planned arrival of the Arnault family and Red Bull, the PFC has a bright future ahead of it.
