The thunderclap matched the news. According to information from The Team the Arnault family, owner in particular of LVMH, a global luxury and spirits giant, should buy Paris FC (Ligue 2).
A takeover which could shake up the world of French football, as the means seem unlimited (the holding company of the Arnault family is the 3e world fortune), while relying on a coherent football project, with the Red Bull brand. A minority partner, the energy drink brand is already established in strong clubs such as Leipzig (Germany) and Salzburg (Austria).
“They will do everything to ensure the rise”
According to information from l’After Foot on RMC, the Arnault family – first and foremost Antoine Arnault – was not immediately interested in the Parisian club. The latter would also have inquired about several Ligue 1 clubs, according to journalist and columnist Daniel Riolo.
READ ALSO. Who is Antoine Arnault, the French businessman at the heart of the takeover project? “Perhaps even if Qatar had been a seller, it would have been PSG that they would have bought. They wanted a football club, they looked for Lille, Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne…, he explained on the microphone of After Foot, this Wednesday, October 9. There they will take a club which is first in Ligue 2. They will do everything to ensure the rise, that necessarily means that in January there will be one or two new players depending on the needs to lock in the rise. »
Currently, Paris FC is already leader of Ligue 2 with 18 points out of 24 possible.
